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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Cork or Hiroshima?

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

  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork and Hiroshima are level on 62.
Day trips. Cork 68, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Hiroshima 38: Cork leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness 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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkHiroshima
Official languageEnglish, IrishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkHiroshima
City population222,3331,198,021
People per km²5,9611,324
Museums within 10 km518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

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. 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.