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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Dublin leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Nairobi 48: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Nairobi 35: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Nairobi 58: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Nairobi 28: Dublin leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Nairobi 55: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Nairobi 20: Dublin leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Nairobi 45: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Nairobi 35: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin and Nairobi are level on 25.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinNairobi
City population592,7135,545,000
People per km²5,1547,967
Museums within 10 km404
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.