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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Quito?

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
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Quito 54: Quito leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Quito 77: Quito leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Quito 40: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Quito 86: Quito leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Quito 55: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Quito 32: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Quito 45: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Quito 40: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Quito 78: Quito leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Quito 38: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Quito 44: Quito leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Quito.

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 families with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinQuito
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m2,850 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinQuito
City population592,7131,763,275
People per km²5,1544,735
Museums within 10 km4016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.