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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

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

Cork or Denver?

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

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Cork leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Denver 54: Cork leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Denver 44: Denver leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Denver 47: Denver leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Denver 84: Denver leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Denver 57: Cork leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Denver 67: Denver leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Denver 40: Cork leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Denver 44: Denver leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Denver 36: Denver leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Denver 66: Denver leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Denver 40: Denver leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Denver.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Denver
Best match
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkDenver
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m1,609 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkDenver
City population222,333715,522
People per km²5,9611,783
Museums within 10 km526
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.