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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Dublin or Jerusalem?

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
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Jerusalem 38: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Jerusalem 60: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Jerusalem 52: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Jerusalem 55: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Jerusalem 48: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dublin and Jerusalem are level on 20.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Jerusalem 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dublin
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Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Jerusalem has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinJerusalem
Official languageEnglish, IrishHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation20 m754 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDublinJerusalem
City population592,7131,050,151
People per km²5,1548,374
Museums within 10 km4069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 months

Where else could you go?

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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.