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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Geneva?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Geneva for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Geneva 58: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Geneva 38: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dublin and Geneva are level on 57.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Geneva 5: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Geneva 60: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Geneva.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness 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.

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinGeneva
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m403 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinGeneva
City population592,713211,152
People per km²5,15413,280
Museums within 10 km4034
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.