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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Newport Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Dublin and Newport Beach are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Newport Beach 20: Dublin leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Newport Beach 33: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Newport Beach 66: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Newport Beach 70: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Newport Beach 20: Dublin leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Newport Beach 15: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Newport Beach 46: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Newport Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinNewport Beach
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m3 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinNewport Beach
City population592,71385,239
People per km²5,154622
Museums within 10 km404
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.