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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya 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 Antalya for

  • beaches
  • families
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Killarney for

Killarney does not lead in any category we score.

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. Antalya 82, Killarney 22: Antalya leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Killarney 33: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Killarney 28: Antalya leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Killarney 32: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Killarney 82: Antalya leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Killarney 58: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Killarney 42: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Killarney 47: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Killarney 22: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Killarney 35: Antalya leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Killarney 35: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Killarney 42: Antalya leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Killarney.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °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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Where the figures come from

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. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaKillarney
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m50 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaKillarney
City population2,426,35614,412
People per km²1,712-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.