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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Cartagena 70, Dublin 27: Cartagena leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Dublin 50: Cartagena leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Dublin 64: Cartagena leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Dublin 62: Cartagena leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Dublin 20: Cartagena leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Dublin 25: Cartagena leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Dublin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cartagena
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaDublin
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m20 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaDublin
City population914,552592,713
People per km²1,5995,154
Museums within 10 km240
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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. 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.