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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 church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Auckland or Quito?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Auckland leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Quito 54: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Quito 77: Quito leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Quito 40: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Quito 86: Quito leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Auckland and Quito are level on 55.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Quito 32: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Quito 45: Quito leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Quito 40: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Quito 78: Quito leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Quito 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Quito 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 Quito.

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.

Quito
50match

Wins on prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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.

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer 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). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandQuito
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number111911
Elevation196 m2,850 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandQuito
City population1,470,1001,763,275
People per km²2,6304,735
Museums within 10 km1516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.