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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Perth or Virginia Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Perth leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Virginia Beach 42: Perth leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Virginia Beach 30: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Virginia Beach 37: Perth leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Virginia Beach 56: Perth leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Virginia Beach 64: Virginia Beach leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Virginia Beach 27: Perth leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Virginia Beach 32: Perth leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Virginia Beach 40: Virginia Beach leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Virginia Beach 38: Perth leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Virginia Beach 32: Perth leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on day trips 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PerthVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthVirginia Beach
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation2 m7 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthVirginia Beach
City population2,141,834459,470
People per km²334-
Museums within 10 km152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 months

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.