Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.
Bologna 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 Bologna for
- culture and sights
- day trips
- food and drink
What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Cork.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Bologna in July
Cork in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Bologna 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.
Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.
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. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Bologna | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Italian | English, Irish |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CFL230 V, 50 Hz | G230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC, UTC+1 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 112 |
| Elevation | 54 m | 0 m |
| Main airport | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinations | Cork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Bologna | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 387,971 | 222,333 |
| People per km² | 2,754 | 5,961 |
| Museums within 10 km | 68 | 5 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 3 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | - | None |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bologna or Cork somewhere new.