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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Beijing 6, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Dublin 50: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Dublin 64: Beijing leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Dublin 72: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Dublin 57: Beijing leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Dublin 66: Beijing leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Dublin 54: Beijing leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Dublin 20: Beijing leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Dublin 65: Beijing leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Dublin 25: Beijing leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Dublin.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingDublin
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish, Irish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m20 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingDublin
City population21,893,095592,713
People per km²1,3345,154
Museums within 10 km8340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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