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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 cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Auckland or Cadiz?

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
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Cadiz 62: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Cadiz 45: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Cadiz 66: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Cadiz 60: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Cadiz 35: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Cadiz 58: Cadiz leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Cadiz 52: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Cadiz 42: Auckland leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Cadiz.

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 families with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandCadiz
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriSpanish
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 m11 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandCadiz
City population1,470,100109,950
People per km²2,6309,087
Museums within 10 km1511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month3 months

Where else could you go?

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