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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Cork or Hamburg?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Hamburg 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Hamburg 52: Cork leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Hamburg 38: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkHamburg
Official languageEnglish, IrishGerman
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 m6 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkHamburg
City population222,3331,869,473
People per km²5,9612,476
Museums within 10 km577
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.