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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • 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. Chiang Mai 6, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Dublin 50: Chiang Mai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Dublin 64: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Dublin 70: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Dublin 54: Chiang Mai leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Dublin 20: Chiang Mai leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Dublin 25: Chiang Mai leads by 57 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Dublin.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Chiang MaiDublin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiDublin
Official languageThaiEnglish, Irish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m20 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiDublin
City population1,198,000592,713
People per km²2,9585,154
Museums within 10 km640
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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.