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The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Denver 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 Denver for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Dublin for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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. Denver 5, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Denver 54, Dublin 50: Denver leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Denver 44, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Denver 47, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Denver 84, Dublin 70: Denver leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Denver 57, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Denver 67, Dublin 57: Denver leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Denver 40, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Denver 44, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Denver 36, Dublin 20: Denver leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Denver 66, Dublin 65: Denver leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Denver 40, Dublin 25: Denver leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Denver and Dublin.

Your match

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

Denver
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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. Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDenverDublin
Official language-English, Irish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,609 m20 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDenverDublin
City population715,522592,713
People per km²1,7835,154
Museums within 10 km2640
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.