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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
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Auckland or Gdansk?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Auckland leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Gdansk 50: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Gdansk 58: Auckland leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Gdansk 62: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Gdansk 42: Auckland leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Gdansk 36: Auckland leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Auckland
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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.

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandGdansk
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriPolish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 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 destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandGdansk
City population1,470,100487,834
People per km²2,630714
Museums within 10 km1534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

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.