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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Dublin for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Austin 30, Dublin 27: Austin leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Dublin 50: Austin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Dublin 62: Austin leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Dublin 20: Austin leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Dublin 65: Austin leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Dublin 25: Austin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Dublin.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on food and drink and wellness with your weighting.

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinDublin
Official language-English, Irish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m20 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinDublin
City population961,855592,713
People per km²1,2175,154
Museums within 10 km2140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.