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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 floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Auckland or Hiroshima?

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 Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Hiroshima 62: Auckland leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Hiroshima 60: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Hiroshima 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandHiroshima
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriJapanese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number111Police 110, fire 119
Elevation196 m3 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandHiroshima
City population1,470,1001,198,021
People per km²2,6301,324
Museums within 10 km1518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.