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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Naples?

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

  • families
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Naples for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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, Naples 50: Naples leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Naples 83: Naples leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Naples 87: Naples leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Naples 60: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Naples 77: Naples leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Naples 96: Naples leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Naples 45: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Naples 54: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Naples 60: Naples leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Naples 63: Naples leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Naples 66: Naples leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Naples 44: Naples leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Naples.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

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

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Naples 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinNaples
Official languageEnglish, IrishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m17 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinNaples
City population592,713913,462
People per km²5,1547,676
Museums within 10 km4065
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. 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.