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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
La Paz

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Killarney or La Paz?

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 Killarney for

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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. Killarney 22, La Paz 3: Killarney leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney and La Paz are level on 82.
Day trips. Killarney 58, La Paz 40: Killarney leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, La Paz 10: Killarney leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, La Paz 45: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney and La Paz are level on 35.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, La Paz 12: Killarney leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and La Paz.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Killarney
40match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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.

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyLa Paz
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m3,640 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyLa Paz
City population14,412755,732
People per km²-1,601
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.