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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
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Auckland or Zadar?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Zadar for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Zadar 45: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Zadar 38: Auckland leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Zadar 82: Auckland leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Zadar 55: Auckland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Zadar 27: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Zadar 28: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Zadar 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 Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Auckland
53match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °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.

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandZadar
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriCroatian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m5 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandZadar
City population1,470,10070,779
People per km²2,630-
Museums within 10 km151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month4 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. 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.