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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
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Auckland or Stockholm?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Auckland leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Stockholm 72: Auckland leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Stockholm 30: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandStockholm
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriSwedish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m22 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandStockholm
City population1,470,100984,748
People per km²2,6305,260
Museums within 10 km15266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.