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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Killarney or Seattle?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Seattle 55: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Seattle 22: Killarney leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Seattle 40: Killarney leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Seattle.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneySeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneySeattle
City population14,412737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km127
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.