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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Perth or York?

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
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Perth leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, York 42: Perth leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, York 70: York leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, York 36: Perth leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, York 62: Perth leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, York 80: York leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, York 60: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, York 72: York leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, York 46: York leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, York 38: York leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, York 38: Perth leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, York 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 York.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthYork
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112 or 999
Elevation2 m25 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthYork
City population2,141,834208,400
People per km²334766
Museums within 10 km1524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.