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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Orange 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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange 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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Orange Beach 40: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Orange Beach 7: Dublin leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Orange Beach 30: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Orange Beach 60: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Orange Beach 50: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Orange Beach 15: Dublin leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Orange Beach 25: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Orange Beach 38: Orange Beach leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Orange Beach 32: Dublin leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Orange Beach 32: Orange Beach leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinOrange Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinOrange Beach
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m4 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinOrange Beach
City population592,7138,095
People per km²5,154196
Museums within 10 km400
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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. 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.