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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cork or Hoi An?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’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, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Hoi An 28: Cork leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Hoi An 50: Cork leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Hoi An 48: Cork leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Hoi An 24: Cork leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Hoi An.

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 and day trips with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkHoi An
Official languageEnglish, IrishVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation0 m13 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCorkHoi An
City population222,333121,716
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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.