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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cork or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Cork leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Cork and Oaxaca are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Cork and Oaxaca are level on 62.
Day trips. Cork 68, Oaxaca 65: Cork leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Oaxaca 40: Cork leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Oaxaca 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Oaxaca 38: Cork leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkOaxaca
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 m1,555 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkOaxaca
City population222,333258,913
People per km²5,9613,028
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.