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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Killarney or Sao Paulo?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Sao Paulo 48: Killarney leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Sao Paulo 47: Killarney leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Sao Paulo 44: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Sao Paulo 25: Killarney leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Sao Paulo.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneySao Paulo
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation50 m760 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneySao Paulo
City population14,41211,451,999
People per km²-7,519
Museums within 10 km190
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.