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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Killarney or Rovinj?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Rovinj 25: Killarney leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Rovinj 60: Killarney leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Rovinj 28: Rovinj leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Rovinj 15: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney and Rovinj are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Rovinj.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Rovinj
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyRovinj
Official languageEnglish, IrishCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m0 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyRovinj
City population14,41212,968
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.