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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 island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License.

Auckland or Bled?

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

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Bled for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Bled’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, Bled 50: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Bled 20: Auckland leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Bled 22: Auckland leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Bled 5: Auckland leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Bled 86: Bled leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Bled 70: Bled leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Bled 60: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Bled 58: Bled leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Bled 5: Auckland leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Bled 45: Bled leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Bled 5: Auckland leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Bled 55: Bled leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Bled.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Bled
40match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 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.

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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). Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandBled
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriSlovene
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m501 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandBled
City population1,470,1004,969
People per km²2,63026
Museums within 10 km154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 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). 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.