Perth
City in Australia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Elizabeth Quay February 2016 (cropped): Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Perth is a city in Australia, in Western Australia. About 2.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Australia in our atlas.
It lies at 31.95° S, 115.86° E, about 34 m (112 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Australia/Perth time zone.
Location
Red dot: Perth. Green dots: other major cities of Australia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Perth has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 27°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 14°C (56°F). Around 659 mm (26 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in AustraliaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Adelaide · 2,167 km
- Geelong · 2,771 km
- Melbourne · 2,817 km
- Canberra · 3,155 km
- Sydney · 3,336 km
- Central Coast · 3,348 km
- Newcastle · 3,385 km
- Brisbane · 3,536 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2063523 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3183 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Elizabeth Quay February 2016 (cropped): Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Perth Oval Panorama January 2017: Paladisious, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Perth Stadium opening 210118 gnangarra-12: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au (Wikimedia Commons)
- RAC Arena, October 2018: Samuel Wiki, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Perth Zoo entrance: Shinjiman, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- ArtGalleryOfWesternAustralia: Navid Mavaddat. PharcydeNav at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Brookfield Place, December 2019: Samuel Wiki, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Crown Perth, December 2017 03 (cropped): Samuel Wiki, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Boola bardip 151120 gnangarra-101: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au (Wikimedia Commons)
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