Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Cork or Genoa?
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
Cork does not lead in any category we score.
What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’s own page.
Choose Genoa for
- beaches
- culture and sights
- prices
What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Genoa.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.
Wins on beaches 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
Genoa in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
Genoa 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.
Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Cork | Genoa |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Irish | Italian |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | G230 V, 50 Hz | CFL230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 112 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 20 m |
| Main airport | Cork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations | Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Cork | Genoa |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 222,333 | 558,745 |
| People per km² | 5,961 | 2,325 |
| Museums within 10 km | 5 | 51 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 4 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Cork or Genoa somewhere new.