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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
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Auckland or Hobart?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Hobart 60: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Hobart 30: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Hobart 56: Auckland leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Hobart 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland and Hobart are level on 45.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Hobart 40: Auckland leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Hobart.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandHobart
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriEnglish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number111000
Elevation196 m54 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandHobart
City population1,470,100197,451
People per km²2,630116
Museums within 10 km158
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 Hobart 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.