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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Cork or Warsaw?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Cork leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Warsaw 47: Cork leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Warsaw 52: Cork leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on prices 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkWarsaw
Official languageEnglish, IrishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m118 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkWarsaw
City population222,3331,862,402
People per km²5,9613,601
Museums within 10 km5117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.