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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Las Vegas?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Cork leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Las Vegas 25: Cork leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Las Vegas 25: Cork leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Las Vegas 25: Cork leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Las Vegas 38: Cork leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Las Vegas 35: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Las Vegas.

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 families with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkLas Vegas
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m610 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkLas Vegas
City population222,333641,903
People per km²5,9611,843
Museums within 10 km521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.