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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 Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Dublin?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Dublin for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Auckland leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Dublin 50: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Dublin 70: Auckland leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Dublin 57: Auckland leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Dublin 20: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Dublin 25: Auckland leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Dublin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Auckland
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Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Dublin
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Wins on getting around 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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandDublin
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriEnglish, Irish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m20 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandDublin
City population1,470,100592,713
People per km²2,6305,154
Museums within 10 km1540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

Where else could you go?

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