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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or Phnom Penh?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’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, Phnom Penh 6: Killarney leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Phnom Penh 28: Killarney leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Phnom Penh 34: Killarney leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Phnom Penh 32: Killarney leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Phnom Penh 35: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Phnom Penh 32: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Phnom Penh.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KillarneyPhnom Penh

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). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyPhnom Penh
Official languageEnglish, IrishKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation50 m11 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyPhnom Penh
City population14,4122,129,371
People per km²-3,138
Museums within 10 km13
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.