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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Deer Valley 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 Deer Valley for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Killarney for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Deer Valley 10, Killarney 22: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley 38, Killarney 33: Deer Valley leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, Killarney 28: Killarney leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, Killarney 32: Killarney leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, Killarney 82: Deer Valley leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley 38, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, Killarney 42: Deer Valley leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley 50, Killarney 47: Deer Valley leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, Killarney 22: Deer Valley leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley 30, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, Killarney 42: Deer Valley leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and Killarney.

Your match

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

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Killarney
Best match
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.

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Deer ValleyKillarney

Where the figures come from

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyKillarney
Official language-English, Irish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,474 m50 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyKillarney
City population-14,412
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.