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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Luang Prabang?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Luang Prabang 42: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Luang Prabang 8: Dublin leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Luang Prabang 68: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Luang Prabang 35: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Luang Prabang 38: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Luang Prabang 50: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Luang Prabang 38: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Luang Prabang 18: Dublin leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinLuang Prabang
Official languageEnglish, IrishLao
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation20 m305 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDublinLuang Prabang
City population592,71353,792
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km400
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.