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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Dublin or Hamburg?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Hamburg 55: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Hamburg 62: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Hamburg 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Hamburg 70: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Hamburg 38: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinHamburg

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

Before you go

MeasureDublinHamburg
Official languageEnglish, IrishGerman
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 m6 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinHamburg
City population592,7131,869,473
People per km²5,1542,476
Museums within 10 km4077
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.