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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Killarney or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Killarney leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Killarney leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Killarney and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

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 getting around with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneySt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m134 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneySt. Petersburg, Florida
City population14,412258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

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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.