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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cork or Gdansk?

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

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Gdansk 50: Cork leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Gdansk 58: Cork leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Gdansk 62: Cork leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Gdansk 36: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on food and drink and day trips with your weighting.

Gdansk
Best match
55match

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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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.

Gdansk has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkGdansk
Official languageEnglish, IrishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkGdansk
City population222,333487,834
People per km²5,961714
Museums within 10 km534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.