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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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. Brisbane 55, Dublin 27: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Dublin 50: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Dublin 70: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Dublin 57: Brisbane leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Dublin 20: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Dublin 25: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Dublin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneDublin
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m20 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneDublin
City population2,706,966592,713
People per km²1715,154
Museums within 10 km1640
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.