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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Berlin 38, Dublin 27: Berlin leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Dublin 50: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Dublin 64: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Dublin 62: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Dublin 57: Berlin leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Dublin 66: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Dublin 54: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Dublin 20: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Dublin 65: Berlin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Dublin 25: Berlin leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Dublin.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and wellness with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinDublin
Official languageGermanEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m20 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinDublin
City population3,700,577592,713
People per km²4,1535,154
Museums within 10 km15740
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.