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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aspen 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 Aspen for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Killarney for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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. Aspen 6, Killarney 22: Killarney leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Aspen 45, Killarney 33: Aspen leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Aspen 22, Killarney 28: Killarney leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Aspen 40, Killarney 32: Aspen leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Killarney 82: Aspen leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Aspen 55, Killarney 42: Aspen leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Killarney 47: Aspen leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Killarney 22: Aspen leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen 50, Killarney 35: Aspen leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Killarney 42: Aspen leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Killarney.

Your match

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

Aspen
Best match
43match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Aspen 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. Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenKillarney
Official language-English, Irish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,405 m50 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAspenKillarney
City population7,00414,412
People per km²700-
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.

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.