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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
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The Colosseum, Rome
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Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Rome?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Rome for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Rome 82: Rome leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Rome 99: Rome leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Rome 58: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Rome 58: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Rome 92: Rome leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Rome 50: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Rome 60: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Rome 72: Rome leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Rome 38: Rome leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Rome 68: Rome leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Rome 40: Rome leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Rome.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinRome
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 m21 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinRome
City population592,7132,748,109
People per km²5,1542,135
Museums within 10 km40178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
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. 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.