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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Fort Lauderdale?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Fort Lauderdale 47: Cork leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Fort Lauderdale 28: Cork leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork and Fort Lauderdale are level on 62.
Day trips. Cork 68, Fort Lauderdale 58: Cork leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Fort Lauderdale 32: Cork leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Fort Lauderdale 32: Cork leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Fort Lauderdale 42: Cork leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CorkFort Lauderdale

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). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkFort Lauderdale
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkFort Lauderdale
City population222,333182,760
People per km²5,9611,829
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.