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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Killarney or Samarkand?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Killarney leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Samarkand 14: Killarney leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Samarkand 40: Killarney leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Samarkand 30: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Samarkand 24: Killarney leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Samarkand 32: Killarney leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Samarkand.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Samarkand
Best match
45match

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneySamarkand
Official languageEnglish, IrishUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m702 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneySamarkand
City population14,412546,303
People per km²-5,058
Museums within 10 km111
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.