The top deals for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in 2025.

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are just around the corner. Whether you’re always Irish, or just like to be once a year, get out your green gear and grab a Guinness. KAYAK has identified deals for some of the top destinations around the world with major celebrations – hint: they’re all pretty close by.

St. Patrick’s Day flight deals.

These cities are seeing the biggest drops in airfare for travel around St. Patrick’s Day.

St. Patrick’s Day hotel deals.

These cities are seeing the biggest drops in nightly hotel rates for the dates surrounding St. Patrick’s Day.

Popular cities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2025.

Of all the major celebrations around the world for St. Patrick’s Day, KAYAK found the ones Americans are traveling most for. New York, Chicago and Boston ranked the highest in searches for both flights and hotels in the dates around the holiday. Interested in painting one of these towns green? Here are our tips on how to celebrate:

Boston

With the highest concentration of Irish descendants outside of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Boston are truly something to behold. Check out Dropkick Murphys at the House of Blues, take your pick of local pub crawls, enjoy an Irish Breakfast at The Black Rose or Lansdowne Pub and attend the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Southie on Sunday, the 16th.

The Manhattan Bridge framed by brownstone warehouse buildings on the side of the street.

New York

With no shortage of Irish pubs and restaurants, NYC is home to a huge Irish community. Spend the weekend checking out iconic spots like The Landmark Tavern or Molly’s Shebeen Bar & Restaurant, stop by the Irish Arts Center in Hell’s Kitchen for step dance performances and Irish language classes, and cap off your stay with the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade along Fifth Avenue on Monday.

Aerial view of boats on a river surrounded by modern and towering skyscrapers.

Chicago

Make it a whole weekend affair for St. Patrick’s Day. The annual Chicago River dyeing is one of the most iconic celebrations of the holiday in the world. Get to the riverfront by 10am on Saturday, March 15th to get a glimpse of this spectacle, and then head over to Columbus Drive to watch the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

These states are celebrating the most.

Who’s traveling where for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.

Floridians are the top out-of-towners planning to be in New York the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day.
Californians are the top out-of-towners planning to be in Chicago the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day.
New Yorkers are the top out-of-towners planning to be in London the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day.

St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin.

Despite being the birthplace of St. Patrick’s Day, Dublin didn’t even crack the top 5 most popular cities for Americans to celebrate this year. If you’re planning to head over to have a pint and get in on the fun, expect airfare to run you $659 for a roundtrip flight, on average, and hotel rates to run you $263 per night on average.

Plan to get to Dublin a few days ahead of the big day. The St. Patrick’s Day Festival officially kicks off on March 15th with exhibits and performances, and eventually culminates in the National St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

People enjoying a pleasant day at a park in front of St Patrick's Cathedral.

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KAYAK considered flight and hotel destinations with the greatest year over year change in airfare or hotel rates for travel between March 13 – 19, 2025 and searches between Nov. 21, 2024 and Feb 20, 2025. Year over year change was based on comparisons to the same travel dates in 2024 for searches between Nov. 21, 2023 – Feb 20, 2024. Popular destinations and where states are celebrating are based on volume of searches. Savings, airfare and hotel rates are on average and are subject to change.