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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Killarney or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Valencia 60: Killarney leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney and Valencia are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Valencia.

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 with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyValencia
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m15 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyValencia
City population14,412840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.