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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen 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 Bergen for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Killarney for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

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. Bergen 20, Killarney 22: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Killarney 33: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Killarney 28: Bergen leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Killarney 32: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Killarney 82: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Killarney 42: Bergen leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Killarney 47: Bergen leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Killarney 22: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Killarney 35: Bergen leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 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: Bergen and Killarney.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Bergen in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 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. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenKillarney
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Irish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m50 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenKillarney
City population291,18914,412
People per km²3,339-
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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.