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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Luxor?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Luxor 30: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Luxor 10: Dublin leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Luxor 32: Dublin leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Luxor 62: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Luxor 30: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Luxor 35: Dublin leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Luxor 25: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Luxor 10: Dublin leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Luxor 28: Luxor leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Luxor.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Luxor
38match

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinLuxor
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation20 m89 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinLuxor
City population592,713202,232
People per km²5,154486
Museums within 10 km404
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.