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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Split?

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
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Split 57: Split leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Split 66: Split leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Split 52: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Split 77: Split leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Split 78: Split leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Split 54: Dublin leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Split 67: Split leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Split 32: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Split 45: Split leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Split 37: Dublin leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Split 40: Split leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Split.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSplit
Official languageEnglish, IrishCroatian
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 m0 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSplit
City population592,713160,577
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km4011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.