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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Killarney 22: Dubrovnik leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Killarney 33: Dubrovnik leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Killarney 28: Dubrovnik leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Killarney 32: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Killarney 58: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Killarney 42: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Killarney 47: Dubrovnik leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Killarney 22: Dubrovnik leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Killarney.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

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. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikKillarney
Official languageCroatianEnglish, 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
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikKillarney
City population41,56214,412
Museums within 10 km71
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.