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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Muscat 44: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Muscat 55: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Muscat 14: Dublin leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin and Muscat are level on 70.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Muscat 62: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Muscat 52: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Muscat 20: Dublin leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Muscat 42: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Muscat 45: Muscat leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Muscat 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Muscat.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinMuscat
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation20 m69 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDublinMuscat
City population592,7131,421,409
People per km²5,154406
Museums within 10 km4010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.