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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Oslo?

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

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Oslo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Oslo 48: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Oslo 52: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Oslo 50: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Oslo 14: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Oslo 62: Dublin leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Oslo.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinOslo
Official languageEnglish, IrishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation20 m23 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinOslo
City population592,713717,710
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km4060
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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.