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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Killarney or Reykjavik?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Killarney leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Reykjavik 42: Reykjavik leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Reykjavik 25: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Reykjavik 35: Killarney leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Reykjavik 25: Reykjavik leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Reykjavik 6: Killarney leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Reykjavik
Best match
44match

Wins on wellness 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyReykjavik
Official languageEnglish, IrishIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m8 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyReykjavik
City population14,412138,772
People per km²-569
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.