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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cork or Lima?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Lima 88: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Lima 66: Lima leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Lima 62: Lima leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Lima 45: Cork leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Lima 34: Cork leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Lima 42: Cork leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Lima 35: Cork leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Lima 52: Lima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Lima 70: Lima leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Lima 53: Lima leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Lima 25: Lima leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Lima.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkLima
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation0 m154 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkLima
City population222,3339,943,800
People per km²5,9613,721
Museums within 10 km547
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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.