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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Hong Kong?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Hong Kong 60: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Hong Kong 68: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Hong Kong 27: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Hong Kong 55: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinHong Kong
Official languageEnglish, IrishStandard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation20 m7 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinHong Kong
City population592,7137,413,070
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km4039
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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.