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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Killarney or Santiago de Compostela?

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

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Santiago de Compostela 62: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Killarney and Santiago de Compostela are level on 42.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Santiago de Compostela 35: Santiago de Compostela leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Santiago de Compostela 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney and Santiago de Compostela are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Santiago de Compostela.

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 with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
17 °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). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneySantiago de Compostela
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
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 m260 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneySantiago de Compostela
City population14,412100,965
People per km²-459
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.