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Cork or Cusco?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
Cork

Photo: Selim Karadayı, Pexels License

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Your match

Cork
45
match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Cusco
✓ Best match
49
match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CorkCusco
Beaches & swimming. Cork leads by 22 points.22
Food & drink. Cork leads by 2 points.2
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 41 points.41
Nightlife. Cusco leads by 2 points.2
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 24 points.24
Day trips. Cusco leads by 10 points.10
Good for families. Cork leads by 40 points.40
Getting around. Cork leads by 10 points.10
Shopping & style. Cusco leads by 12 points.12
Affordability. Cusco leads by 40 points.40
Live music & performing arts. Cork leads by 15 points.15
Wellness & relaxation. Cusco leads by 11 points.11
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Cusco.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCorkCusco
Daytime high19 °C20 °C
Night-time low12 °C1 °C
Rainfall in the month86 mm5 mm
Sunshine5 hours a dayNo figure
Sea temperature16 °CNo sea
Daylight16 hours a day11 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Cork
8
9
10
12
15
17
19
19
17
13
10
9
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Sea temperature, °C
Cork
10
9
9
10
12
14
16
16
16
14
12
11
Cusco
No coastline within reach
Rainfall, mm
Cork
132
100
92
85
78
88
86
98
91
140
125
134
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Daylight, hours per day
Cork
8
10
12
14
16
17
16
15
13
11
9
8
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Sunshine, hours per day
Cork
2
2
4
5
6
6
5
5
4
3
2
2
Cusco
No sunshine record

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.

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCorkCusco
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation0 m3,399 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkCusco
City population222,333428,450
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km511
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. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.