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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 fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Genoa?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Genoa for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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, Genoa 62: Auckland leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Auckland and Genoa are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Genoa 78: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Genoa 64: Auckland leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Genoa 66: Genoa leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Genoa 48: Genoa leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Genoa 55: Genoa leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Genoa 35: Auckland leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Genoa.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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.

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandGenoa
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriItalian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m20 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandGenoa
City population1,470,100558,745
People per km²2,6302,325
Museums within 10 km1551
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month4 months

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.