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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Palm 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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm 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, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Palm Beach 47: Dublin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Palm Beach 45: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Palm Beach 32: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Palm Beach 58: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Palm Beach 55: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Palm Beach 62: Palm Beach leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Palm Beach 32: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Palm Beach 12: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Palm Beach 45: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Palm Beach.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches 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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 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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DublinPalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPalm Beach
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 m2 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPalm Beach
City population592,7139,245
People per km²5,154322
Museums within 10 km404
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.