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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Perth or Yokohama?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Perth leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Yokohama 66: Perth leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthYokohama
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m24 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthYokohama
City population2,141,8343,757,630
People per km²3348,585
Museums within 10 km1538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.