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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Killarney or Ljubljana?

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

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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 and Ljubljana are level on 22.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Ljubljana 80: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Ljubljana 33: Ljubljana leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney and Ljubljana are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Ljubljana.

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 with your weighting.

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyLjubljana
Official languageEnglish, IrishSlovene
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m309 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyLjubljana
City population14,412284,293
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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.