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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 old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Rovinj?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Rovinj 50: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Rovinj 38: Auckland leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Rovinj 25: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Rovinj 60: Auckland leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Rovinj 52: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Rovinj 28: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Rovinj 15: Auckland leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Rovinj 42: Auckland leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on day trips 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandRovinj
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriCroatian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m0 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandRovinj
City population1,470,10012,968
People per km²2,630-
Museums within 10 km151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month4 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.