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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An 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 Hoi An for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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. Hoi An 72, Killarney 22: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Killarney 33: Hoi An leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Killarney 28: Hoi An leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Killarney 32: Killarney leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Killarney 42: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Killarney 47: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Killarney 22: Hoi An leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Killarney 35: Hoi An leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Killarney 42: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Killarney.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and beaches 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.

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnKillarney
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Irish
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m50 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnKillarney
City population121,71614,412
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.