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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or New York?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose New York for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, New York 92: New York leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, New York 89: New York leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, New York 97: New York leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, New York 55: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, New York 68: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, New York 70: New York leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, New York 82: New York leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, New York 97: New York leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, New York 12: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, New York 99: New York leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, New York 42: New York leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and New York.

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 prices with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinNew York
City population592,7138,804,190
People per km²5,1547,256
Museums within 10 km40157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.