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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Oslo?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Oslo 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Oslo 52: Cork leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Oslo 14: Cork leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Oslo.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkOslo
Official languageEnglish, IrishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkOslo
City population222,333717,710
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km560
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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.