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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Mombasa?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Mombasa 55: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Mombasa 46: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Mombasa 45: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Mombasa 45: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Mombasa 30: Dublin leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Mombasa 35: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Mombasa 22: Dublin leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Mombasa.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinMombasa
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation20 m50 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinMombasa
City population592,7131,208,333
People per km²5,1544,100
Museums within 10 km400
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.