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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Killarney for

  • 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. Geneva 45, Killarney 22: Geneva leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Killarney 33: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Killarney 28: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Killarney 32: Geneva leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva and Killarney are level on 82.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Killarney 58: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Killarney 42: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Killarney 47: Geneva leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Killarney 22: Geneva leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Killarney 35: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Killarney 42: Geneva leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Killarney.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine 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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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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaKillarney
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish, Irish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m50 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaKillarney
City population211,15214,412
People per km²13,280-
Museums within 10 km341
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.