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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Cork or Vienna?

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

Cork does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Vienna for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork and Vienna are level on 62.
Day trips. Cork 68, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Vienna.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkVienna
Official languageEnglish, IrishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkVienna
City population222,3332,028,289
People per km²5,9614,890
Museums within 10 km5152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.