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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Atlanta or Wellington?

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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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. Atlanta 10, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Wellington 62: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Wellington 44: Atlanta leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Wellington 45: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Wellington 40: Atlanta leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Wellington 62: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Wellington 42: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Wellington 33: Atlanta leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Wellington 56: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Wellington 30: Atlanta leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Atlanta 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaWellington
Official language-English, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation225 m0 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaWellington
City population498,715216,200
People per km²1,433487
Museums within 10 km2712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.