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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Killarney or Valparaiso?

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

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Valparaiso 60: Killarney leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Valparaiso 33: Killarney leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Valparaiso 44: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Valparaiso 30: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Valparaiso 18: Killarney leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Killarney
40match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valparaiso
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyValparaiso
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation50 m21 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyValparaiso
City population14,412296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.