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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cork or Salt Lake 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
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Cork leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Salt Lake City 40: Cork leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Salt Lake City 30: Cork leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Salt Lake City 34: Cork leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Salt Lake City 42: Cork leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Salt Lake City 36: Cork leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CorkSalt Lake 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). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSalt Lake City
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m1,288 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkSalt Lake City
City population222,333199,723
People per km²5,961690
Museums within 10 km512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.