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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
Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Auckland or Beaver Creek?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Beaver Creek for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Beaver Creek’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, Beaver Creek 6: Auckland leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Beaver Creek 38: Auckland leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Beaver Creek 7: Auckland leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Beaver Creek 12: Auckland leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Beaver Creek 90: Beaver Creek leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Beaver Creek 40: Auckland leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Beaver Creek 62: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Beaver Creek 45: Beaver Creek leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Beaver Creek 22: Auckland leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Beaver Creek 5: Auckland leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Beaver Creek 36: Auckland leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Beaver Creek 55: Beaver Creek leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Beaver Creek.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on wellness 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.

Auckland in July

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

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandBeaver Creek

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.

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandBeaver Creek
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori-
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number111911
Elevation196 m2,264 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandBeaver Creek
City population1,470,100-
People per km²2,630-
Museums within 10 km150
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.