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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Dublin or Osaka?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Osaka for

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Osaka 63: Dublin leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Osaka 58: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Osaka.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on food and drink and wellness 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinOsaka
Official languageEnglish, IrishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation20 m20 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinOsaka
City population592,7132,751,862
People per km²5,15412,340
Museums within 10 km4044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.