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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Porto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Porto 70: Porto leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Porto 68: Porto leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Porto 65: Porto leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Porto 64: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Porto 79: Porto leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Porto 52: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin and Porto are level on 66.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Porto 52: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Porto 62: Porto leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Porto 52: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Porto 34: Porto leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Porto.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPorto
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m104 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPorto
City population592,713273,476
People per km²5,1546,606
Museums within 10 km4042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.