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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 pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Auckland or Cairo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairo’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, Cairo 10: Auckland leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Cairo 60: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Cairo 96: Cairo leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Cairo 48: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Cairo 30: Auckland leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Cairo 66: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Cairo 32: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Cairo 35: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Cairo 58: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Cairo 95: Cairo leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Cairo 50: Cairo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Cairo 15: Auckland leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Cairo.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices 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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandCairo
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriArabic
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation196 m23 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandCairo
City population1,470,1009,801,536
People per km²2,63018,564
Museums within 10 km1548
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.