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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Auckland for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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. Antibes 80, Auckland 68: Antibes leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Auckland 62: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Auckland 44: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Auckland 42: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Auckland 83: Auckland leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Auckland 55: Antibes leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Auckland 70: Auckland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Auckland 42: Antibes leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Auckland 32: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes 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

Antibes
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Auckland
53match

Wins on families 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.

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesAuckland
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation0 m196 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesAuckland
City population77,6371,470,100
People per km²2,9302,630
Museums within 10 km1415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.