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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi 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 Amalfi for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • families

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. Amalfi 64, Killarney 22: Amalfi leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Killarney 33: Amalfi leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Killarney 28: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Killarney 32: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi and Killarney are level on 82.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Killarney 58: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Killarney 47: Amalfi leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Killarney 22: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Killarney.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Amalfi in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
28 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Amalfi's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Amalfi 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. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiKillarney
Official languageItalianEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m50 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiKillarney
City population4,72914,412
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.