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Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Killarney or Xi'an?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Killarney leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Killarney 33, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Killarney 28, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Killarney 32, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Killarney 82, Xi'an 62: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Killarney 58, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Killarney 42, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Killarney 47, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Killarney 22, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Killarney 35, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Killarney 35, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Killarney 42, Xi'an 40: Killarney leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Killarney and Xi'an.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKillarneyXi'an
Official languageEnglish, IrishPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation50 m405 m
Main airportKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureKillarneyXi'an
City population14,41212,952,907
People per km²-1,283
Museums within 10 km19
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.