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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Dublin or Paris?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Paris 96: Paris leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Paris 97: Paris leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Paris 80: Paris leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Paris 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Paris 92: Paris leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Paris 79: Paris leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Paris 88: Paris leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Paris 98: Paris leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Paris 25: Paris leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Paris 88: Paris leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Paris 40: Paris leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Paris.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinParis
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m27 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinParis
City population592,7132,103,778
People per km²5,15419,960
Museums within 10 km40251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.