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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin or Whistler?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Whistler for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Whistler 40: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Whistler 20: Dublin leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Whistler 42: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Whistler 30: Dublin leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Whistler 30: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Whistler 12: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Whistler 15: Dublin leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Whistler.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinWhistler
City population592,71313,982
People per km²5,15458
Museums within 10 km401
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.