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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Cork or Mumbai?

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
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Cork leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Mumbai 55: Cork leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Mumbai 48: Cork leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Mumbai 35: Cork leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Mumbai 38: Cork leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Mumbai 24: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Mumbai.

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.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on prices 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkMumbai
Official languageEnglish, IrishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation0 m14 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCorkMumbai
City population222,33315,414,288
People per km²5,96125,563
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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.