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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
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Auckland or Palermo?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Palermo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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, Palermo 77: Palermo leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Palermo 80: Palermo leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Palermo 72: Auckland leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Palermo 84: Palermo leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Palermo 44: Auckland leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Palermo 50: Palermo leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Palermo 44: Auckland leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Palermo 63: Palermo leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Palermo 62: Palermo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Palermo 30: Auckland leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Palermo.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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.

Palermo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandPalermo
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriItalian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m14 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandPalermo
City population1,470,100630,167
People per km²2,6303,924
Museums within 10 km1542
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month5 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.