WA · Perth
Perth Airport → Perth CBD taxi fare
Catch a metered cab from Perth Airport to Perth CBD and you’re looking at between A$37.02 and A$42.87 on the day rate, with A$38.97 a fair midpoint. The drive is 13.7 km — about 25 minutes when traffic cooperates.
Estimated fare range
A$37.02 – A$45.40
13.7 km · 25 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$37.02 – A$42.87
day tariff
Friday 6pm
A$39.21 – A$45.40
night tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$39.21 – A$45.40
night tariff
Editor’s analysis
Perth Airport to Forrest Place is unusual among Australian capitals for one reason: there are zero tolls anywhere on the route. The meter you see is the entire bill. Drivers run Tonkin Highway south to Great Eastern Highway west — 13-14 km, about 22 minutes off-peak. T1/T2 (international) and T3/T4 (domestic) sit at opposite ends of the airport with separate ranks, so a T1↔T4 mix-up adds 6 km of inter-terminal road; confirm the terminal before sitting down.
Perth Airport applies a regulated A$1 pickup levy, absorbed into the displayed meter. Tariff 2 (night rate) starts at 6pm in WA — earlier than most other states — so any arrival after 6pm Friday already counts as a night fare. The 4-6pm Friday window on Great Eastern is the worst peak slot in Perth and adds 12-15 minutes versus the off-peak typical.
taxi-fare.com.au editorial · last reviewed
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About this route
Western Australia adds a small airport-pickup surcharge to fares starting at Perth Airport; that surcharge is already baked into the A$38.97 typical meter shown above. Saturday-night trips into Perth CBD on the late-night tariff settle near A$41.27 — useful to know if your flight or event lands after the band kicks over. There are no tolls on the usual route into Perth CBD — what the meter reads is the fare you pay.
Perth Airport spans four terminals; T1/T2 share one rank and T3/T4 share another. Standard WA rank-and-hail rules apply between Perth Airport and Perth CBD: the driver must run the meter unless a regulated fixed fare is explicitly in effect (so the A$38.97 midpoint above is a maximum, not a quote). Department of Transport Western Australia sets the metered ceiling reflected here — about A$38.97 on the day rate for the trip into Perth CBD.