Side by side
Dublin vs Edinburgh
Celtic capitals.
Daily cost, live hotel + flight pricing, 90-day price path, and which city fits your trip.
Dublin
Ireland
- Daily cost (mid-range)
- $160/day
- Daily cost (budget)
- $70/day
- Hotel / night (live avg)
- $300
- Flight / pax (live avg)
- $578
- Best months
- May to September
90-day path↑ 19%
Edinburgh
Scotland
- Daily cost (mid-range)
- $145/day
- Daily cost (budget)
- $70/day
- Hotel / night (live avg)
- $375
- Flight / pax (live avg)
- $849
- Best months
- May to September (August for the Festival)
90-day path↓ 9%
Which one to pick?
- Budget:Edinburgh is roughly 9% cheaper on mid-range daily cost.
- Timing:Edinburgh pricing is down 9% over the last 4 weeks — favorable booking window.
- Style:The two cities feel meaningfully different — see each guide above for the on-the-ground details that matter.
Trends are vs ~4 weeks ago. Hotel + flight pricing is the latest snapshot from our 3×/week pricing cron; flight is city-average, not origin-specific.