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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
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Auckland or Bangkok?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Bangkok for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bangkok’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, Bangkok 12: Auckland leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Bangkok 25: Auckland leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Bangkok 72: Bangkok leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Bangkok 50: Auckland leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Bangkok 50: Bangkok leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Bangkok 52: Bangkok leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Bangkok 75: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Bangkok.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandBangkok

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. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandBangkok
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriThai
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Baht (THB)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number111Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation196 m2 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandBangkok
City population1,470,1005,676,648
People per km²2,6303,619
Museums within 10 km1559
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Bangkok somewhere new.

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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. 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.