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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Dublin or Mexico City?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Mexico City 50: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Mexico City 50: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 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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DublinMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinMexico City
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m2,240 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinMexico City
City population592,7139,209,944
People per km²5,1546,202
Museums within 10 km40108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
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. 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.