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Your rainbow panorama on top of ARoS, Aarhus
AarhusYour rainbow panorama on top of ARoS
The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour

Photos: Aarhus by Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain.

Aarhus or Auckland?

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 Aarhus for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Auckland for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Auckland’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. Aarhus 34, Auckland 68: Auckland leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Aarhus 57, Auckland 62: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Aarhus 61, Auckland 44: Aarhus leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Aarhus 45, Auckland 42: Aarhus leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aarhus 56, Auckland 83: Auckland leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Aarhus 63, Auckland 55: Aarhus leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Aarhus and Auckland are level on 70.
Getting around. Aarhus 75, Auckland 42: Aarhus leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Aarhus 47, Auckland 45: Aarhus leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Aarhus 22, Auckland 32: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aarhus 55, Auckland 45: Aarhus leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aarhus 44, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aarhus and Auckland.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Aarhus
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Auckland
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Aarhus in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Aarhus's temperatures are measured 30 km from the centre, at Tirstrup.

Aarhus 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.

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aarhus: 1991-2020 normals, Tirstrup (29.8 km from centre). Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAarhusAuckland
Official languageDanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation6 m196 m
Main airportAarhus Airport (AAR)30 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAarhusAuckland
City population290,5981,470,100
People per km²3,1932,630
Museums within 10 km1715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.