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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or Pensacola?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Pensacola 45: Pensacola leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Pensacola 45: Pensacola leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Pensacola 62: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Pensacola 45: Killarney leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Pensacola 18: Killarney leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Pensacola 28: Pensacola leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Pensacola 36: Pensacola leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Pensacola 30: Killarney leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Pensacola
Best match
45match

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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyPensacola
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m31 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyPensacola
City population14,41254,312
People per km²-515
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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.