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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Dublin or Samarkand?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Dublin leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Samarkand 14: Dublin leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Samarkand 40: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Dublin and Samarkand are level on 72.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Samarkand 30: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Samarkand 58: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Samarkand 42: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Samarkand 24: Dublin leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Samarkand 32: Samarkand leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSamarkand
Official languageEnglish, IrishUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m702 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSamarkand
City population592,713546,303
People per km²5,1545,058
Museums within 10 km4011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.