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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 Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Auckland or Monaco?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Monaco for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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 and Monaco are level on 68.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Monaco 57: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Monaco 48: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Monaco 70: Auckland leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Monaco 60: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Monaco 52: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Monaco 3: Auckland leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Monaco.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around 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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandMonaco
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriFrench
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m68 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandMonaco
City population1,470,10038,857
People per km²2,63018,503
Museums within 10 km1514
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.