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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Killarney or London?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, London 84: London leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, London 94: London leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, London 88: London leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, London 57: Killarney leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, London 90: London leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, London 82: London leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, London 85: London leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, London 95: London leads by 73 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, London 15: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, London 98: London leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, London 40: Killarney leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and London.

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 prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyLondon
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation50 m4 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyLondon
City population14,4128,799,728
People per km²-5,598
Museums within 10 km1216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.