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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Perth or Victoria Falls?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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 Falls 7: Perth leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Victoria Falls 24: Perth leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Victoria Falls 12: Perth leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Victoria Falls 8: Perth leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Victoria Falls 22: Perth leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Victoria Falls 38: Perth leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Victoria Falls 45: Perth leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Victoria Falls 18: Perth leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Victoria Falls 32: Victoria Falls leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Victoria Falls 10: Perth leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Victoria Falls 34: Perth leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Victoria Falls.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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 Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PerthVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthVictoria Falls
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency number000999
Elevation2 m961 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthVictoria Falls
City population2,141,83433,060
People per km²334-
Museums within 10 km152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.