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Cusco or Killarney?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
Killarney

Photo: NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Cusco
✓ Best match
49
match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Killarney
40
match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CuscoKillarney
Beaches & swimming. Killarney leads by 19 points.19
Food & drink. Cusco leads by 23 points.23
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 53 points.53
Nightlife. Cusco leads by 10 points.10
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 4 points.4
Day trips. Cusco leads by 20 points.20
Good for families. Killarney leads by 32 points.32
Getting around. Cusco leads by 1 points.1
Shopping & style. Cusco leads by 30 points.30
Affordability. Cusco leads by 38 points.38
Live music & performing arts. Killarney leads by 5 points.5
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney leads by 9 points.9
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Killarney.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCuscoKillarney
Daytime high20 °C18 °C
Night-time low1 °C13 °C
Rainfall in the month5 mm115 mm
SunshineNo figure4 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea15 °C
Daylight11 hours a day16 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Killarney
10
10
11
13
15
17
18
18
17
14
12
10
Sea temperature, °C
Cusco
No coastline within reach
Killarney
10
10
9
10
12
14
15
16
15
14
12
11
Rainfall, mm
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Killarney
178
135
113
106
91
99
115
114
125
175
187
178
Daylight, hours per day
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Killarney
8
10
12
14
16
17
16
15
13
11
9
8
Sunshine, hours per day
Cusco
No sunshine record
Killarney
2
2
3
5
6
6
4
5
4
3
2
1

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Killarney's temperatures are measured 53 km from the centre, at Valentia Observatory.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCuscoKillarney
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish, Irish
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation3,399 m50 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoKillarney
City population428,45014,412
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.