The best place in the world to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day outside of Ireland, revealed

A new study has analysed the best place to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, outside of Ireland based on factors such as average cost of a meal, number of planned events, and the likelihood of rain.

New data has revealed the best place to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, outside of Ireland, with Buenos Aires, Boston and Barcelona all receiving recognition for varying factors including their Irish-themed events, estimated cost of a meal and the likelihood of rain. 

The new study, conducted by HelloFresh Ireland has analysed 20 locations around the world, outside of Ireland, renowned for their St Patrick’s Day celebrations and scored them based on five factors:

1. Estimated cost of a pint 
2. Estimated cost of a meal 
3. Number of St Patrick’s Day Events 
4. The average temperature on March 17th 
5. The likelihood of rain in March 

Considering all of the factors, Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina has been crowned the best place to celebrate St Patrick’s Day abroad, Boston in North America is due to host the most St Patrick’s Day-themed celebrations and Barcelona in Spain is the location where rain is least likely to dampen any celebrations.

HelloFresh Ireland have carried out the study to support any Irish folk who are set to be away from their beloved homeland during the historic celebrations, alongside encouraging people all around the world to enjoy the festivities. 

According to the the study, the top 10 locations to celebrate St Patrick’s Day abroad, considering all ranking factors are:

1. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4. New Orleans, United States
5. Barcelona, Spain
6. Tokyo, Japan
7. Singapore
8. Sydney, Australia
9. Boston, United States
10. Auckland, New Zealand 

The team at HelloFresh Ireland also looked into locations with the highest number of events due to be hosted this year in each location and used population estimates to find the locations with the most events per capita. Boston came out on top with 20 events due to be hosted across the city. 

According to the study, the top five locations with the most events per capita are:

If you’re an Irish abroad on 17th March and you don’t want rain to dampen your celebrations then head to Barcelona in Spain – as this is the city, out of the 20 analysed with just a 13% chance of rain on any given day. And if you want to bask in the sun on 17th March, Kuala Lumpur is likely to be the hottest location on St Patrick’s Day, with an average temperature of 28C for March. 

The cheapest places to enjoy a meal on St Patrick’s Day

Not to forget the importance of some delicious food to help celebrate St Patrick’s Day. According to the research, Buenos Aires is the cheapest place to enjoy a delicious meal. Following this is Kuala Lumpur (€3.12 per meal) and Tokyo (€6.14 per meal).

But for those in New York, celebrants of St Patrick’s Day can expect to pay the highest amount per person for a meal, averaging at €27.74. 

And to wash it down, the cheapest pint of beer that HelloFresh Ireland analysed in the data set can be found in Buenos Aires. 

Traditional Irish Dishes for St Patrick’s Day

Enjoying food together is a traditional element of St Patrick’s Day. According to food experts at HelloFresh Ireland, these are some of the tasty and traditional St Patrick’s Day recipes to serve on March 17th.

• Irish stew
• Soda bread
• Seafood chowder
• Colcannon (cabbage and mashed potatoes)
• Coddle (pork stew)
• Boxty (Irish potato cakes)
• Shepherd’s Pie
• Irish Jambon (ham & cheese pastries)
• Irish salmon