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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Salvador?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Salvador 52: Cork leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Salvador 56: Cork leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Salvador 42: Cork leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Salvador 42: Cork leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Salvador.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSalvador
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m8 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkSalvador
City population222,3332,417,678
People per km²5,9613,489
Museums within 10 km549
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.