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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Killarney or Tirana?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Tirana 62: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Tirana 40: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Tirana 32: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Tirana 27: Killarney leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Tirana.

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.

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyTirana
Official languageEnglish, IrishAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m110 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyTirana
City population14,412389,323
People per km²-9,314
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.