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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 opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Auckland or Montpellier?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Auckland leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Montpellier 60: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Montpellier 56: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Montpellier 72: Auckland leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Montpellier 62: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Montpellier 47: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Montpellier 50: Montpellier leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Montpellier 42: Auckland leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Montpellier.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandMontpellier
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriFrench
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m7 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandMontpellier
City population1,470,100310,240
People per km²2,6305,452
Museums within 10 km1514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month2 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. 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.