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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Auckland or Avignon?

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 Auckland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Avignon for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’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. Auckland 68, Avignon 22: Auckland leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Avignon 57: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Avignon 69: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Avignon 30: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Avignon 70: Auckland leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Avignon 92: Avignon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Avignon 45: Auckland leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Avignon 62: Avignon leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Avignon 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Avignon 44: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Avignon 68: Avignon leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Avignon 35: Auckland leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Avignon.

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

Auckland
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Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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.

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandAvignon
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriFrench
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m10 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandAvignon
City population1,470,10092,188
People per km²2,6301,420
Museums within 10 km1511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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