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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Verona?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Verona for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Verona 66: Verona leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Verona 76: Verona leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Verona 37: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Verona 65: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Verona 92: Verona leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Verona 66: Verona leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Verona 68: Verona leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Verona 52: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Verona 46: Verona leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Verona 66: Verona leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Verona 48: Verona leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Verona.

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.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinVerona
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 m59 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinVerona
City population592,713255,588
People per km²5,1541,285
Museums within 10 km4018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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.