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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Quebec City?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Cork leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Quebec City 57: Cork leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Quebec City 58: Cork leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Quebec City 50: Cork leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on wellness 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 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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CorkQuebec City

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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkQuebec City
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m98 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkQuebec City
City population222,333574,482
People per km²5,9611,184
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.