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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
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Salvador?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Salvador for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Salvador 52: Auckland leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Salvador 56: Salvador leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Salvador 42: Auckland leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Auckland and Salvador are level on 42.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Salvador 42: Auckland leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Salvador 32: Auckland leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Salvador.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandSalvador
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriPortuguese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number111Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation196 m8 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandSalvador
City population1,470,1002,417,678
People per km²2,6303,489
Museums within 10 km1549
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Salvador somewhere new.

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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.