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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Killarney or New York?

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

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

Choose New York for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, New York 92: New York leads by 59 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, New York 89: New York leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, New York 97: New York leads by 65 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, New York 55: Killarney leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, New York 68: New York leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, New York 70: New York leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, New York 82: New York leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, New York 97: New York leads by 75 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, New York 12: Killarney leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, New York 99: New York leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney and New York are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and New York.

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.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KillarneyNew York

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). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyNew York
City population14,4128,804,190
People per km²-7,256
Museums within 10 km1157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.