Auckland
City in New Zealand: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Auckland CBD: ChewyPineapple, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Auckland is a city in New Zealand. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of New Zealand in our atlas.
It lies at 36.85° S, 174.76° E, about 43 m (141 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Auckland time zone.
Location
Red dot: Auckland. Green dots: other major cities of New Zealand. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Auckland has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 24°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 9°C (49°F). Around 1,015 mm (40 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in New ZealandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2193733 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q37100 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Auckland CBD: ChewyPineapple, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Eden Park at Dusk, 2013: This image's author is Kiwi Flickr Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and in, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki - Joy of Museums - External 2: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- One Tree Hill, Auckland: Unknown, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lemur Catta grooming in Auckland Zoo: Duncnbiscuit, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kelly Tarltons Entrance: Andy king50, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Auckland Domain Sky Tower: Ingolfson at English Wikipedia (Original text: Uploader.), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Aotea Square Occupied: ChewyPineapple, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MtAlbert.1: Bhutt, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
