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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 steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Auckland or New Orleans?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Auckland leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, New Orleans 42: Auckland leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, New Orleans 52: Auckland leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, New Orleans 55: Auckland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, New Orleans 40: New Orleans leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, New Orleans 25: Auckland leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Auckland
53match

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

New Orleans
54match

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
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandNew Orleans

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). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandNew Orleans
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori-
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number111911
Elevation196 m-2 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandNew Orleans
City population1,470,100383,997
People per km²2,630423
Museums within 10 km1516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month7 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or New Orleans somewhere new.

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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.