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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Cork or Salzburg?

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

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Salzburg 45: Cork leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Salzburg 25: Cork leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Salzburg 32: Cork leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSalzburg
Official languageEnglish, IrishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m424 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkSalzburg
City population222,333155,021
People per km²5,9612,360
Museums within 10 km538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.