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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or Marrakech?

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

  • day trips
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Killarney leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Marrakech 70: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Marrakech 28: Killarney leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Marrakech 25: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Marrakech 38: Killarney leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Marrakech 25: Killarney leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyMarrakech
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation50 m465 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyMarrakech
City population14,4121,002,697
People per km²-4,360
Museums within 10 km114
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. 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.