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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or Luxor?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Killarney leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Luxor 30: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Luxor 10: Killarney leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Luxor 32: Killarney leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Luxor 30: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Luxor 35: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Luxor 25: Luxor leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Luxor 10: Killarney leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Luxor 28: Killarney leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Luxor.

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 nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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.

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyLuxor
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation50 m89 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyLuxor
City population14,412202,232
People per km²-486
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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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.