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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Nice?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Nice for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Nice leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Nice 66: Nice leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin and Nice are level on 64.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Nice 47: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Nice 80: Nice leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Nice 87: Nice leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Dublin and Nice are level on 57.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Nice 74: Nice leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Nice 55: Nice leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Nice 35: Nice leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Nice 45: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Nice 40: Nice leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Nice.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches 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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinNice

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinNice
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m0 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinNice
City population592,713357,737
People per km²5,1544,975
Museums within 10 km4017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.