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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Dublin or Valparaiso?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Dublin and Valparaiso are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Valparaiso 62: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Valparaiso 56: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Valparaiso 60: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Valparaiso 63: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Valparaiso 33: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Valparaiso 44: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Valparaiso 30: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Valparaiso 38: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Valparaiso 18: Dublin leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinValparaiso
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation20 m21 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinValparaiso
City population592,713296,655
People per km²5,1546,180
Museums within 10 km4017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.