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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

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

Cork or Geneva?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Geneva for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Geneva 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Geneva 38: Cork leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Geneva 5: Cork leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Geneva.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine 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). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkGeneva
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m403 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkGeneva
City population222,333211,152
People per km²5,96113,280
Museums within 10 km534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.