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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 harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Auckland or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Saint-Tropez 48: Auckland leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Saint-Tropez 35: Auckland leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Saint-Tropez 72: Auckland leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Saint-Tropez 57: Saint-Tropez leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Saint-Tropez 42: Auckland leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Saint-Tropez 32: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Saint-Tropez 8: Auckland leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Saint-Tropez 18: Auckland leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Saint-Tropez 35: Auckland leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °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.

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandSaint-Tropez
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriFrench
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 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 destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandSaint-Tropez
City population1,470,1003,582
People per km²2,630320
Museums within 10 km154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month3 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.