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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Santa Marta?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Santa Marta 44: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Santa Marta 34: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Santa Marta 50: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Santa Marta 84: Santa Marta leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Santa Marta 38: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Santa Marta 40: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Santa Marta 38: Dublin leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Santa Marta 27: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Santa Marta 17: Dublin leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Santa Marta 30: Santa Marta leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Santa Marta.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinSanta Marta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSanta Marta
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation20 m8 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSanta Marta
City population592,713505,915
People per km²5,1541,723
Museums within 10 km403
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.