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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Fort Lauderdale?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Fort Lauderdale 47: Dublin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Fort Lauderdale 28: Dublin leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Fort Lauderdale 52: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Fort Lauderdale 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Fort Lauderdale 58: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Fort Lauderdale 32: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Fort Lauderdale 52: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Fort Lauderdale 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Fort Lauderdale 42: Dublin leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches 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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinFort Lauderdale
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m11 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinFort Lauderdale
City population592,713182,760
People per km²5,1541,829
Museums within 10 km406
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.