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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Krakow?

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

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Krakow for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Krakow 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Krakow 48: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Krakow 55: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Krakow 36: Krakow leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Krakow.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinKrakow
Official languageEnglish, IrishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m219 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinKrakow
City population592,713804,237
People per km²5,1542,459
Museums within 10 km40113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.