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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Dublin or Pisa?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Pisa for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Pisa 40: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Pisa 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Pisa 52: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Pisa 38: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Pisa 38: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Pisa.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPisa
Official languageEnglish, IrishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m4 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPisa
City population592,71388,737
People per km²5,154479
Museums within 10 km4027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.