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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Cork or Florianopolis?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Cork and Florianopolis are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Florianopolis 33: Cork leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Florianopolis 50: Cork leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Florianopolis 28: Cork leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Florianopolis 33: Cork leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Florianopolis 28: Cork leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkFlorianopolis
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkFlorianopolis
City population222,333587,486
People per km²5,961870
Museums within 10 km511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 months

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.