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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cork or Scottsdale?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Cork leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Scottsdale 46: Cork leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Scottsdale 38: Cork leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Scottsdale 50: Cork leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Scottsdale 20: Cork leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Scottsdale 32: Cork leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Scottsdale 40: Cork leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Scottsdale.

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 getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkScottsdale
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m380 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkScottsdale
City population222,333241,361
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.