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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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, San Miguel de Allende 4: Dublin leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, San Miguel de Allende 62: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, San Miguel de Allende 38: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, San Miguel de Allende 40: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, San Miguel de Allende 77: San Miguel de Allende leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, San Miguel de Allende 32: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, San Miguel de Allende 48: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, San Miguel de Allende 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinSan Miguel de Allende

Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m1,900 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSan Miguel de Allende
City population592,71369,811
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km402
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.