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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Cork or Izmir?

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

Cork does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Izmir for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Izmir.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkIzmir
Official languageEnglish, IrishTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkIzmir
City population222,3334,493,242
People per km²5,9614,760
Museums within 10 km529
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. 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.