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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Perth or Victoria?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’s own page.

Choose Victoria for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Perth 86, Victoria 28: Perth leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Victoria 50: Perth leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Perth and Victoria are level on 42.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Victoria 30: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Victoria 62: Perth leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Victoria 40: Perth leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Victoria 40: Perth leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Victoria.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthVictoria
Official languageEnglishFrench, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation2 m23 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthVictoria
City population2,141,83491,867
People per km²3344,711
Museums within 10 km156
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.