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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Siena?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Siena for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Siena 62: Siena leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Siena 78: Siena leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Siena 27: Dublin leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Siena 65: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Siena 94: Siena leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Siena 38: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Siena 60: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Siena 35: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Siena 42: Siena leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Siena 36: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Siena 55: Siena leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Siena.

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 nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSiena
Official languageEnglish, IrishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m322 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSiena
City population592,71352,812
People per km²5,154446
Museums within 10 km4030
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.