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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Killarney for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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. Bled 50, Killarney 22: Bled leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Killarney 33: Killarney leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Killarney 28: Killarney leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Killarney 32: Killarney leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Killarney 82: Bled leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Killarney 58: Bled leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Killarney 42: Bled leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Killarney 47: Bled leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Killarney 22: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Killarney 35: Bled leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Killarney 42: Bled leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Killarney.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bled
40match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 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

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledKillarney
Official languageSloveneEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation501 m50 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledKillarney
City population4,96914,412
People per km²26-
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.