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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 Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Plovdiv?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Plovdiv’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, Plovdiv 7: Auckland leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Plovdiv 50: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Plovdiv 66: Plovdiv leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Auckland and Plovdiv are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Plovdiv 68: Auckland leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Plovdiv 70: Plovdiv leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Plovdiv 40: Auckland leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Plovdiv 65: Plovdiv leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Plovdiv 33: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Plovdiv 78: Plovdiv leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Plovdiv 42: Auckland leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Plovdiv 44: Auckland leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Plovdiv.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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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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.

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandPlovdiv
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriBulgarian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m172 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandPlovdiv
City population1,470,100333,994
People per km²2,6303,274
Museums within 10 km1518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.