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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 minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Tunis?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Tunis 60: Auckland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Tunis 33: Auckland leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Tunis 45: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Tunis 38: Auckland leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Tunis 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Tunis.

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.

Tunis
Best match
56match

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandTunis
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriArabic
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number111Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation196 m4 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandTunis
City population1,470,100602,560
People per km²2,6302,834
Museums within 10 km1516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month5 months

Where else could you go?

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