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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Santiago?

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

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Santiago for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Santiago 52: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Santiago 60: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Santiago 70: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Dublin and Santiago are level on 57.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Santiago 52: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Santiago 55: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Santiago 37: Santiago leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Santiago.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Dublin
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santiago
55match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSantiago
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation20 m575 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSantiago
City population592,7136,257,516
People per km²5,1547,468
Museums within 10 km4054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.