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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

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. Bangkok 12, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Dublin 50: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Dublin 64: Bangkok leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Dublin 62: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Bangkok and Dublin are level on 72.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Dublin 54: Bangkok leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Dublin 20: Bangkok leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Dublin 25: Bangkok leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Dublin.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokDublin
Official languageThaiEnglish, Irish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m20 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokDublin
City population5,676,648592,713
People per km²3,6195,154
Museums within 10 km5940
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.