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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Dublin or Venice?

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
  • families

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Venice 60: Venice leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Venice 94: Venice leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Venice 27: Dublin leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Venice 45: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Venice 86: Venice leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Venice 45: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Venice 68: Venice leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Venice 57: Venice leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Dublin and Venice are level on 20.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Venice 62: Dublin leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Venice 40: Venice leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Venice.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Dublin
53match

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

Venice
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinVenice
Official languageEnglish, IrishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m2 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinVenice
City population592,713250,369
People per km²5,154602
Museums within 10 km4052
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

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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.