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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Cork or Granada?

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 Granada for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Granada leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Granada 62: Granada leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Granada 80: Granada leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Granada 58: Granada leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Granada 80: Granada leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Granada 76: Granada leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Granada 52: Granada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Granada 68: Granada leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cork and Granada are level on 40.
Affordability. Cork 33, Granada 63: Granada leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Granada 58: Granada leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Granada 48: Granada leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Granada.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkGranada
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m693 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkGranada
City population222,333233,975
People per km²5,9612,659
Museums within 10 km520
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.