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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Salvador?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Salvador 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Salvador 56: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Salvador 42: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Salvador 42: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Salvador 42: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Salvador 63: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Salvador.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSalvador
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation20 m8 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSalvador
City population592,7132,417,678
People per km²5,1543,489
Museums within 10 km4049
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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.