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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Tokyo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Tokyo 68: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DublinTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinTokyo
Official languageEnglish, IrishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation20 m6 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinTokyo
City population592,71314,264,798
People per km²5,1546,501
Museums within 10 km40192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.