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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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. Avignon and Killarney are level on 22.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Killarney 33: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Killarney 28: Avignon leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Killarney 32: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Killarney 58: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Killarney 42: Avignon leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Killarney 47: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Killarney 22: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Killarney 35: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Killarney 35: Avignon leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Killarney.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine 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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonKillarney
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonKillarney
City population92,18814,412
People per km²1,420-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.