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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima 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 Hiroshima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Hiroshima 30, Killarney 22: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Killarney 33: Hiroshima leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Killarney 28: Hiroshima leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Killarney 32: Hiroshima leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Killarney 58: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Killarney 42: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Killarney 47: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Killarney 22: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Killarney 35: Hiroshima leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Killarney 35: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Killarney 42: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Killarney.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaKillarney
Official languageJapaneseEnglish, Irish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m50 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaKillarney
City population1,198,02114,412
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.