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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Tallinn?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Tallinn 44: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Tallinn 55: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Tallinn 58: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Tallinn 40: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Tallinn 50: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Dublin
53match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinTallinn
Official languageEnglish, IrishEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m28 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinTallinn
City population592,713457,572
People per km²5,1542,871
Museums within 10 km4016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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.