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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Dublin or Granada?

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

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Granada for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Granada leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Granada 62: Granada leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Granada 80: Granada leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Granada 58: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Granada 80: Granada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Granada 76: Granada leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Granada 52: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Granada 68: Granada leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Granada 40: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Granada 63: Granada leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Granada 58: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Granada 48: Granada leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Granada.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinGranada
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m693 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinGranada
City population592,713233,975
People per km²5,1542,659
Museums within 10 km4020
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.