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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cork or Seville?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Seville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Cork leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Seville 73: Seville leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Seville 82: Seville leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Seville 62: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Seville 52: Cork leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Seville 80: Seville leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Seville 55: Seville leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Seville 72: Seville leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Seville 55: Seville leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Seville 58: Seville leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Seville 68: Seville leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Seville 40: Seville leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Seville.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSeville
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkSeville
City population222,333689,423
People per km²5,9614,896
Museums within 10 km524
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.