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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Killarney or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Saint-Tropez 48: Saint-Tropez leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Saint-Tropez 35: Saint-Tropez leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Saint-Tropez 72: Killarney leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Saint-Tropez 57: Killarney leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Killarney and Saint-Tropez are level on 42.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Saint-Tropez 32: Killarney leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Saint-Tropez 8: Killarney leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Saint-Tropez 18: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Saint-Tropez 35: Killarney leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
Best match
46match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °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.

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneySaint-Tropez
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m0 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneySaint-Tropez
City population14,4123,582
People per km²-320
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.