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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Fes?

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

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Fes for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Fes’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, Fes 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Fes 62: Fes leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Fes 80: Fes leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Fes 12: Dublin leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Fes 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Fes 62: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Fes 22: Dublin leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Fes 40: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Fes 68: Fes leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Fes 80: Fes leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Fes 32: Dublin leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Fes 70: Fes leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Fes.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Fes
49match

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

Fes in July

36 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Fes's station stands 171 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Fes 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.

Fes's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Meknes.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinFes
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 m408 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinFes
City population592,7131,167,842
People per km²5,1543,650
Museums within 10 km402
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.