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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Dublin or Victoria?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Dublin and Victoria are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Victoria 42: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Victoria 30: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Victoria 54: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Victoria 60: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Victoria 40: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Victoria 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Victoria.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Victoria
47match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureDublinVictoria
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m23 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinVictoria
City population592,71391,867
People per km²5,1544,711
Museums within 10 km406
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.