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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License.

Dublin or Essaouira?

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 Dublin for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Essaouira for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Essaouira’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. Dublin 27, Essaouira 47: Essaouira leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Essaouira 44: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Essaouira 48: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Essaouira 14: Dublin leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Essaouira 57: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Essaouira 17: Dublin leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Essaouira 42: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Essaouira 58: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Essaouira 44: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Essaouira 74: Essaouira leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Essaouira 28: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Essaouira 66: Essaouira leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Essaouira.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Essaouira
45match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Essaouira has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinEssaouira
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation20 m11 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinEssaouira
City population592,71382,962
People per km²5,15416,592
Museums within 10 km402
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.