Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.
Cork or La Paz?
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
- families
- day trips
- beaches
What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’s own page.
Choose La Paz for
- prices
- nature and the outdoors
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and La Paz.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.
Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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
La Paz in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.
Before you go
| Measure | Cork | La Paz |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Irish | Spanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Boliviano (BOB) |
| Sockets | G230 V, 50 Hz | AC50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer | UTC-4 |
| Emergency number | 112 | 911 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 3,640 m |
| Main airport | Cork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations | El Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Cork | La Paz |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 222,333 | 755,732 |
| People per km² | 5,961 | 1,601 |
| Museums within 10 km | 5 | 21 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | - |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Cork or La Paz somewhere new.