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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Marseille?

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

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Marseille for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Marseille 63: Dublin leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Marseille 57: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Marseille 50: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Marseille 57: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Marseille 47: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Marseille 45: Marseille leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Marseille 56: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Marseille 37: Marseille leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Marseille.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinMarseille

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinMarseille
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m0 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinMarseille
City population592,713886,040
People per km²5,1543,683
Museums within 10 km4027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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. 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.