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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Sapporo?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Sapporo 40: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Dublin and Sapporo are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Sapporo 64: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Sapporo 44: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSapporo
Official languageEnglish, IrishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation20 m5 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSapporo
City population592,7131,959,313
People per km²5,1541,747
Museums within 10 km4033
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.