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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 yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Auckland or Lisbon?

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 Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Lisbon 75: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Lisbon 62: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Lisbon 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 Lisbon.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandLisbon
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriPortuguese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m100 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandLisbon
City population1,470,100545,796
People per km²2,6305,453
Museums within 10 km1580
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.