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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Perth?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Perth 58: Perth leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Perth 42: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Perth 42: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Perth 72: Perth leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Perth 48: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Perth 74: Perth leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Perth 55: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Perth 44: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Perth 28: Perth leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Perth 50: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Perth 38: Perth leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dublin
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Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPerth
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation20 m2 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPerth
City population592,7132,141,834
People per km²5,154334
Museums within 10 km4015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.