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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or San Jose?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose San Jose for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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, San Jose 30: San Jose leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, San Jose 56: San Jose leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, San Jose 36: San Jose leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, San Jose 33: San Jose leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, San Jose 72: Killarney leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, San Jose 30: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, San Jose 48: San Jose leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, San Jose 20: Killarney leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, San Jose 38: San Jose leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, San Jose 30: Killarney leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and San Jose.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

San Jose
Best match
45match

Wins on shopping 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

San Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneySan Jose
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m25 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneySan Jose
City population14,4121,013,240
People per km²-2,167
Museums within 10 km119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.