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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Rovinj?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Rovinj 50: Cork leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Rovinj 38: Cork leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Rovinj 25: Cork leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Rovinj 60: Cork leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cork and Rovinj are level on 68.
Good for families. Cork 50, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Rovinj 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Rovinj 28: Cork leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Rovinj 15: Cork leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cork
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkRovinj
Official languageEnglish, IrishCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkRovinj
City population222,33312,968
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

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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.