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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cork or Marrakech?

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 Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Cork leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Marrakech 33: Cork leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Marrakech 28: Cork leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Marrakech 25: Cork leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Marrakech 38: Cork leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Marrakech 25: Cork leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkMarrakech
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation0 m465 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkMarrakech
City population222,3331,002,697
People per km²5,9614,360
Museums within 10 km514
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. 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.