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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Killarney or Petra?

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

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Petra for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Petra’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, Petra 5: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Petra 22: Killarney leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Petra 85: Petra leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Petra 5: Killarney leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Petra 78: Killarney leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Petra 30: Killarney leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Petra 25: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Petra 25: Killarney leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Petra 18: Killarney leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Petra 45: Petra leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Petra 10: Killarney leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Petra 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 Petra.

Your match

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

Killarney
Best match
40match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Petra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Petra's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Ma'An.

Petra's station stands 219 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Petra 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). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyPetra
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m850 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyPetra
City population14,412-
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.