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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Anchorage or Dublin?

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 Anchorage for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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. Anchorage 8, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, Dublin 50: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage 30, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Dublin 70: Anchorage leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Dublin 20: Anchorage leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 32, Dublin 25: Anchorage leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Anchorage and Dublin.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Dublin
Best match
53match

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.

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageDublin
Official language-English, Irish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m20 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageDublin
City population291,247592,713
People per km²585,154
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.