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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or Tel Aviv?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Tel Aviv 52: Killarney leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Tel Aviv 14: Killarney leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Tel Aviv 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 Tel Aviv.

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 prices with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyTel Aviv
Official languageEnglish, IrishHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation50 m5 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyTel Aviv
City population14,412467,875
People per km²-8,998
Museums within 10 km198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.