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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cork or Savannah?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Cork and Savannah are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Savannah 48: Cork leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Savannah 60: Cork leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cork and Savannah are level on 50.
Getting around. Cork and Savannah are level on 58.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Savannah 40: Cork leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Savannah.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSavannah
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkSavannah
City population222,333147,780
People per km²5,961524
Museums within 10 km519
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.