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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 the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Oslo?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Auckland leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Oslo 55: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Oslo 82: Auckland leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Oslo 52: Auckland leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Oslo 63: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Oslo 14: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Oslo.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandOslo
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation196 m23 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandOslo
City population1,470,100717,710
People per km²2,630-
Museums within 10 km1560
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

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.