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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Oaxaca?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Oaxaca 40: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Oaxaca 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Oaxaca 65: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Oaxaca 40: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Oaxaca 55: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Oaxaca 38: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Dublin
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Wins on live music and the arts and beaches with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinOaxaca
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m1,555 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinOaxaca
City population592,713258,913
People per km²5,1543,028
Museums within 10 km4010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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.