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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cork or Hurghada?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Hurghada 34: Cork leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Hurghada 14: Cork leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cork and Hurghada are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Hurghada 30: Cork leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Hurghada 22: Cork leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Hurghada 24: Cork leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Hurghada 10: Cork leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches 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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkHurghada
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkHurghada
City population222,333214,247
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.