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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Brisbane 55, Killarney 22: Brisbane leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Killarney 33: Brisbane leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Killarney 28: Brisbane leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Killarney 32: Brisbane leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Killarney 42: Brisbane leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Killarney 47: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Killarney 22: Brisbane leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Killarney 35: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 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: Brisbane and Killarney.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneKillarney
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m50 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneKillarney
City population2,706,96614,412
People per km²171-
Museums within 10 km161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.