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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Miami Beach?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Miami Beach 62: Miami Beach leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Miami Beach 52: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Miami Beach 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Miami Beach 55: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Miami Beach 58: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Dublin and Miami Beach are level on 20.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Miami Beach 55: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinMiami Beach
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m1 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinMiami Beach
City population592,71382,890
People per km²5,1542,109
Museums within 10 km4014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.