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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or Lima?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Lima 88: Lima leads by 55 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Lima 66: Lima leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Lima 62: Lima leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Lima 45: Killarney leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Lima 34: Killarney leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Killarney and Lima are level on 42.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Lima 35: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Lima 52: Lima leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Lima 70: Lima leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Lima 53: Lima leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Lima 25: Killarney leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Lima.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyLima
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation50 m154 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyLima
City population14,4129,943,800
People per km²-3,721
Museums within 10 km147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 months

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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. 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.