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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

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

Cork or Toledo?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Cork leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Toledo 40: Cork leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Toledo 22: Cork leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Toledo 40: Cork leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Toledo 45: Cork leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Toledo 32: Cork leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Toledo 22: Cork leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Toledo 30: Toledo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Toledo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cork
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkToledo
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 m523 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkToledo
City population222,33387,216
People per km²5,961376
Museums within 10 km513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.