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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Cork or Pisa?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Pisa 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cork and Pisa are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Cork and Pisa are level on 62.
Day trips. Cork 68, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Pisa 38: Cork leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Pisa 38: Cork leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Pisa.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkPisa
Official languageEnglish, IrishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m4 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkPisa
City population222,33388,737
People per km²5,961479
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. 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.