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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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. Budapest 25, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Dublin 50: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Dublin 64: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Dublin 62: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Dublin 57: Budapest leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Dublin 66: Budapest leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Dublin 54: Budapest leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Dublin 20: Budapest leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Dublin 65: Budapest leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Dublin 25: Budapest leads by 73 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Dublin.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and prices 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.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestDublin
Official languageHungarianEnglish, Irish
CurrencyForint (HUF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation117 m20 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestDublin
City population1,675,777592,713
People per km²3,1915,154
Museums within 10 km8140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.