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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Plovdiv or Wellington?

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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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. Plovdiv 7, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Wellington 44: Plovdiv leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Wellington 40: Plovdiv leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Wellington 33: Plovdiv leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Wellington 30: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivWellington
Official languageBulgarianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation172 m0 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivWellington
City population333,994216,200
People per km²3,274487
Museums within 10 km1812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.