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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • 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. Bucharest 8, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Dublin 50: Bucharest leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Dublin 62: Bucharest leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Dublin 20: Bucharest leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Dublin 25: Bucharest leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Dublin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bucharest
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestDublin
Official languageRomanianEnglish, Irish
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation70 m20 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestDublin
City population1,716,961592,713
People per km²7,5975,154
Museums within 10 km4140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.