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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Killarney for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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. Florianopolis 85, Killarney 22: Florianopolis leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Killarney 33: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Killarney 28: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Killarney 32: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Killarney 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Killarney 47: Killarney leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Killarney 22: Florianopolis leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Killarney 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Killarney 42: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Killarney.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on getting around 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.

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisKillarney
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Irish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m50 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisKillarney
City population587,48614,412
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.