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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cork or Marseille?

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

  • getting around

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

Choose Marseille for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Marseille 63: Marseille leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cork and Marseille are level on 50.
Getting around. Cork 58, Marseille 57: Cork leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Marseille 47: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Marseille 45: Marseille leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Marseille 37: Marseille leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Marseille.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on getting around with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkMarseille
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkMarseille
City population222,333886,040
People per km²5,9613,683
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.