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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Killarney or Myrtle Beach?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Myrtle Beach 20: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Myrtle Beach 46: Killarney leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Myrtle Beach 50: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Myrtle Beach 18: Killarney leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Myrtle Beach 30: Killarney leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KillarneyMyrtle Beach

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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyMyrtle Beach
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m8 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyMyrtle Beach
City population14,41235,682
People per km²-591
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.