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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 Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Auckland or Mexico City?

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 Mexico City for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Auckland leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Mexico City 50: Auckland leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Mexico City 58: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

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.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandMexico City

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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandMexico City
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number111911
Elevation196 m2,240 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandMexico City
City population1,470,1009,209,944
People per km²2,6306,202
Museums within 10 km15108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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. 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.