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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Portofino?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portofino for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Portofino 36: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Portofino 22: Dublin leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Portofino 14: Dublin leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Portofino 33: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Portofino 50: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Portofino 29: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Portofino 9: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Portofino 7: Dublin leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Portofino 42: Portofino leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Portofino.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPortofino
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 m20 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPortofino
City population592,713355
People per km²5,154142
Museums within 10 km4014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.