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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bologna 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 Bologna for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bologna 30, Killarney 22: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Killarney 33: Bologna leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Killarney 28: Bologna leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Killarney 32: Bologna leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Killarney 58: Bologna leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Killarney 42: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Killarney 47: Bologna leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Killarney 22: Bologna leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Killarney 35: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Killarney 35: Bologna leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Killarney.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

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. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaKillarney
Official languageItalianEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation54 m50 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaKillarney
City population387,97114,412
People per km²2,754-
Museums within 10 km681
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.