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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Cork?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Cork for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’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. Acapulco 80, Cork 25: Acapulco leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Cork 58: Cork leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Cork 40: Cork leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Cork 40: Acapulco leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Cork 62: Cork leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Cork 68: Cork leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Cork 50: Cork leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Cork 58: Cork leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Cork 40: Cork leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Cork 33: Acapulco leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Cork 45: Cork leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Cork 22: Acapulco leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Cork.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoCork
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Irish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m0 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoCork
City population658,609222,333
People per km²3505,961
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.