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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light, Panama City
Panama CityThe towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Killarney or Panama City?

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

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Panama City for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Panama City’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, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Panama City 74: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Panama City 50: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Panama City 40: Killarney leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Panama City 34: Killarney leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Panama City 22: Killarney leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Panama City.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Panama City in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
161 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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.

Panama City 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). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyPanama City
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m20 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyPanama City
City population14,4121,540,000
People per km²-5,600
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.