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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Hong Kong?

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

  • prices

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Cork and Hong Kong are level on 68.
Good for families. Cork 50, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Hong Kong 27: Cork leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and getting around 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 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). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkHong Kong
Official languageEnglish, IrishStandard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation0 m7 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkHong Kong
City population222,3337,413,070
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km539
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

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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. 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.