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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Seville?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Seville 73: Seville leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Seville 82: Seville leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Dublin and Seville are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Seville 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Seville 80: Seville leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Seville 55: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Seville 72: Seville leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Seville 55: Seville leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Seville 58: Seville leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Seville 68: Seville leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Seville 40: Seville leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Seville.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSeville
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m18 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSeville
City population592,713689,423
People per km²5,1544,896
Museums within 10 km4024
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.