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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Killarney or Ushuaia?

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

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Killarney leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Ushuaia 22: Killarney leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Ushuaia 18: Killarney leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Ushuaia 14: Killarney leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Ushuaia 40: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Ushuaia 45: Killarney leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney and Ushuaia are level on 22.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Ushuaia 10: Killarney leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Ushuaia 26: Killarney leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Killarney
Best match
40match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on food and drink and prices 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyUshuaia
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation50 m23 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyUshuaia
City population14,41282,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.