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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Perth?

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
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Cork and Perth are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Perth 72: Perth leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Perth 48: Cork leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Perth 74: Perth leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Perth 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Perth 44: Perth leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Perth 28: Cork leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Perth 50: Perth leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Perth 38: Perth leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Perth.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkPerth
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkPerth
City population222,3332,141,834
People per km²5,961334
Museums within 10 km515
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.