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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Cork or Tbilisi?

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

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Cork leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Tbilisi 58: Cork leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Tbilisi 45: Cork leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Tbilisi 52: Cork leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on prices 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

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkTbilisi
Official languageEnglish, IrishGeorgian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m575 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkTbilisi
City population222,3331,331,485
People per km²5,9611,849
Museums within 10 km529
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.