Killarney or Marrakech?
Two destinations compared on nine measures of openly sourced data. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.
Your match
Wins on beaches & swimming with your weighting.
Wins on good for families and nature & day trips with your weighting.
What matters to you?
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Scoreboard
Each measure scored 0 to 100. Open a row for the figures behind the score.
Beaches & swimming. Killarney leads by 23 points.23
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 23 | 0 |
| Swim season months | 0 | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 6 | 0 |
| Coast distance | 18 km | 134 km |
| Water distance | 18 km | — |
Places to eat. Marrakech leads by 32 points.32
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 22 | 54 |
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 65 | 461 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 15 | 26 |
Museums & heritage. Marrakech leads by 34 points.34
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 10 | 44 |
| Museums within 10 km | 0 | 22 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 0 | 17 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | — | 77 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
Nightlife. Marrakech leads by 34 points.34
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 3 | 37 |
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 72 | 282 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 57 | 161 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 79 | 57 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 0 | 32 |
Nature & day trips. Marrakech leads by 43 points.43
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9 | 52 |
| Protected land share 50 km % | 1 | — |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 0 | 0 |
| Land share of disc % | 86 | 100 |
| Park area within 2 km | 13 hectares | 47 hectares |
Good for families. Marrakech leads by 45 points.45
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8 | 53 |
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 4 | 28 |
| Park area within 2 km | 13 hectares | 47 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 0 | 2 |
Sights concentration. Marrakech leads by 36 points.36
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 10 | 46 |
| Notable places within 2 km | 7 | 55 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 | 5 |
Value for money. Marrakech leads by 29 points.29
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 57 | 86 |
| Price level global | 80.2 | 39.8 |
| Daily budget | €187 | — |
Year-round weather. Marrakech leads by 33 points.33
| Killarney | Marrakech | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 48 | 81 |
| Monthly daytime high | 9.9 °C to 18 °C | 19.1 °C to 37.6 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 91 mm to 187 mm | 1 mm to 36 mm |
| Dry months | 0 | 12 |
When should you go?
The figures behind each month. Each row is shaded against that destination's own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year 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).
Getting there
| Flying from | Killarney | Marrakech |
|---|---|---|
| LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2 | 1 h 25 m no fares KIR · 14 km | 3 h 20 m €140-172 RAK · 6 km |
| AmsterdamAMS | 1 h 45 m no fares ORK · 74 km | 3 h 40 m €201-233 1 stop RAK · 6 km |
| ParisCDG, ORY, BVA | 1 h 40 m no fares ORK · 74 km | 3 h 10 m €85-123 RAK · 6 km |
| New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA | 6 h 30 m no fares SNN · 82 km | 7 h 35 m no fares RAK · 6 km |
| MalagaAGP | 2 h 40 m no fares ORK · 74 km | 1 h 25 m no fares RAK · 6 km |
| EdinburghEDI | 1 h 20 m no fares ORK · 74 km | 3 h 55 m no fares RAK · 6 km |
| BirminghamBHX | 1 h 15 m no fares ORK · 74 km | 3 h 30 m no fares RAK · 6 km |
| DublinDUB | 1 h 0 m no fares KIR · 14 km | 3 h 30 m no fares RAK · 6 km |
| BrusselsBRU, CRL | 1 h 45 m no fares ORK · 74 km | 3 h 30 m €122-160 1 stop RAK · 6 km |
| TenerifeTFS, TFN | 3 h 55 m no fares ORK · 74 km | 1 h 45 m €102-113 1 stop RAK · 6 km |
The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.
Before you go
| Measure | Killarney | Marrakech |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Irish | Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Moroccan Dirham (MAD) |
| Sockets | G230 V, 50 Hz | CE50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer | UTC+1 |
| Emergency number | 112 | Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15 |
| Elevation | 50 m | 465 m |
| Main airport | Kerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations | Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre118 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 10 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Killarney | Marrakech |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 14,412 | 1,002,697 |
| People per km² | – | 4,360 |
| Museums within 10 km | 1 | 14 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 19 | 56 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | – |
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