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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Pensacola?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Pensacola 45: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Pensacola 45: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Pensacola 42: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Pensacola 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Pensacola 45: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Pensacola 18: Dublin leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Pensacola 28: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Pensacola 36: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Pensacola 30: Pensacola leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Pensacola.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 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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DublinPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPensacola
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m31 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPensacola
City population592,71354,312
People per km²5,154515
Museums within 10 km405
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 months

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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.