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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
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Auckland or Yokohama?

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 Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Auckland leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Yokohama 66: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Yokohama.

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.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °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.

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandYokohama
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriJapanese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number111Police 110, fire 119
Elevation196 m24 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandYokohama
City population1,470,1003,757,630
People per km²2,6308,585
Museums within 10 km1538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month5 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.