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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Cork for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Bordeaux 50, Cork 25: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Cork 58: Bordeaux leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Cork 40: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Cork 40: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Cork 62: Cork leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Cork 68: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Cork 50: Bordeaux leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Cork 58: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Cork 40: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Cork 33: Bordeaux leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Cork 45: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Cork 22: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Cork.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Cork
45match

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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxCork
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m0 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxCork
City population267,991222,333
People per km²5,4255,961
Museums within 10 km185
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.