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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Dublin or The Hague?

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 The Hague for

  • wellness
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, The Hague 48: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, The Hague 38: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, The Hague 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, The Hague 58: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and The Hague.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

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

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and families 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinThe Hague
Official languageEnglish, IrishDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinThe Hague
City population592,713548,320
People per km²5,1545,589
Museums within 10 km4054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.