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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Cork for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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. Calgary 8, Cork 25: Cork leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Cork 58: Cork leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Cork 40: Cork leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Calgary and Cork are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Cork 62: Calgary leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Cork 68: Cork leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Cork 50: Calgary leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Cork 58: Cork leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Cork 40: Calgary leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Cork 33: Calgary leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Cork 45: Calgary leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Cork 22: Calgary leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary 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

Calgary
46match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on beaches 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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryCork
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m0 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryCork
City population1,306,784222,333
People per km²1,5835,961
Museums within 10 km135
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.