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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agadir or Killarney?

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 Agadir for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Killarney for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Killarney’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. Agadir 72, Killarney 22: Agadir leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Killarney 33: Agadir leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Killarney 28: Killarney leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Killarney 32: Agadir leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Killarney 42: Agadir leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Killarney 47: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Killarney 22: Agadir leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Killarney 35: Agadir leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Killarney 42: Agadir leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Killarney.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on day trips 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.

Agadir in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Killarney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
88 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgadirKillarney

Where the figures come from

Agadir 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.

Killarney's temperatures are measured 53 km from the centre, at Valentia Observatory.

Killarney 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. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirKillarney
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Irish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation74 m50 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirKillarney
City population538,00014,412
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.