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Cork or Kathmandu?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
Cork

Photo: Selim Karadayı, Pexels License

Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
Kathmandu

Photo: Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Cork
45
match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Kathmandu
✓ Best match
48
match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CorkKathmandu
Beaches & swimming. Cork leads by 21 points.21
Food & drink. Cork leads by 3 points.3
Culture & sights. Kathmandu leads by 42 points.42
Nightlife. Cork leads by 4 points.4
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu leads by 8 points.8
Day trips. Cork leads by 12 points.12
Good for families. Cork leads by 30 points.30
Getting around. Cork leads by 33 points.33
Shopping & style. Kathmandu leads by 15 points.15
Affordability. Kathmandu leads by 64 points.64
Live music & performing arts. Cork leads by 17 points.17
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu leads by 23 points.23
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Kathmandu.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCorkKathmandu
Daytime high19 °C29 °C
Night-time low12 °C20 °C
Rainfall in the month86 mm384 mm
Sunshine5 hours a day4 hours a day
Sea temperature16 °CNo sea
Daylight16 hours a day14 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Cork
8
9
10
12
15
17
19
19
17
13
10
9
Kathmandu
19
22
26
29
29
29
29
29
28
27
23
20
Sea temperature, °C
Cork
10
9
9
10
12
14
16
16
16
14
12
11
Kathmandu
No coastline within reach
Rainfall, mm
Cork
132
100
92
85
78
88
86
98
91
140
125
134
Kathmandu
16
23
37
57
113
260
384
317
211
48
7
10
Daylight, hours per day
Cork
8
10
12
14
16
17
16
15
13
11
9
8
Kathmandu
11
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
Sunshine, hours per day
Cork
2
2
4
5
6
6
5
5
4
3
2
2
Kathmandu
6
6
7
7
7
5
4
4
5
7
7
7

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). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCorkKathmandu
Official languageEnglish, IrishNepali
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number112Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation0 m1,300 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCorkKathmandu
City population222,333845,767
People per km²5,96117,121
Museums within 10 km59
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.