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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Cork or Paris?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Cork leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Paris 96: Paris leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Paris 97: Paris leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Paris 80: Paris leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Paris 52: Cork leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Paris 92: Paris leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Paris 79: Paris leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Paris 88: Paris leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Paris 98: Paris leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Paris 25: Cork leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Paris 88: Paris leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Paris 40: Paris leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkParis
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 m27 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkParis
City population222,3332,103,778
People per km²5,96119,960
Museums within 10 km5251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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.