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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 wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Auckland or Daytona Beach?

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
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona Beach’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, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Daytona Beach 36: Auckland leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Daytona Beach 30: Auckland leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Daytona Beach 40: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Daytona Beach 56: Auckland leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Daytona Beach 60: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Daytona Beach 18: Auckland leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Daytona Beach 27: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Daytona Beach 30: Auckland leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Daytona Beach 30: Auckland leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandDaytona Beach

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). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandDaytona Beach
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-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111911
Elevation196 m4 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandDaytona Beach
City population1,470,10072,647
People per km²2,630440
Museums within 10 km156
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month9 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Daytona Beach 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.