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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
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Taipei?

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

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

Choose Taipei for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Auckland leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Taipei 78: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Taipei.

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.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AucklandTaipei

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.

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandTaipei
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number111110 or 112 or 119
Elevation196 m10 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandTaipei
City population1,470,1002,429,429
People per km²2,6308,938
Museums within 10 km1569
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month8 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. 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.