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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Dublin or Strasbourg?

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
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Strasbourg 40: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Strasbourg 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Strasbourg 52: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Strasbourg 56: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinStrasbourg
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m132 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinStrasbourg
City population592,713293,771
People per km²5,1543,752
Museums within 10 km4021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.