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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Orlando?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Orlando 48: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Orlando 22: Dublin leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Orlando 40: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Orlando 46: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Orlando 58: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Orlando 8: Dublin leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Orlando 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Orlando 32: Orlando leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Orlando.

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.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and prices 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinOrlando
City population592,713334,854
People per km²5,1541,086
Museums within 10 km4011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.