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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin or Toulouse?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin and Toulouse are level on 64.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Toulouse 56: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Toulouse 58: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dublin and Toulouse are level on 72.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Toulouse 50: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Toulouse 58: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Toulouse 27: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dublin
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Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on prices 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinToulouse
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 m115 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinToulouse
City population592,713514,819
People per km²5,1544,352
Museums within 10 km4024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.