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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
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Montreal?

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 Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Auckland leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Montreal 66: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Auckland and Montreal are level on 55.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Montreal 68: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandMontreal

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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandMontreal
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriFrench, English
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111911
Elevation196 m31 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandMontreal
City population1,470,1001,895,211
People per km²2,6303,806
Museums within 10 km1537
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.