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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Cork or Delhi?

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 Cork for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’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. Cork 25, Delhi 4: Cork leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Delhi 44: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Delhi 20: Cork leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Cork and Delhi are level on 68.
Good for families. Cork 50, Delhi 32: Cork leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Delhi 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Delhi 25: Delhi leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Delhi.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkDelhi
Official languageEnglish, IrishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation0 m221 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCorkDelhi
City population222,33326,495,000
People per km²5,96118,962
Museums within 10 km523
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.