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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Cork or Mexico City?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Cork leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Mexico City 50: Cork leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Mexico City 50: Cork leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CorkMexico City

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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkMexico City
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m2,240 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkMexico City
City population222,3339,209,944
People per km²5,9616,202
Museums within 10 km5108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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.