Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.
Cork or Yokohama?
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 Yokohama for
- wellness
- families
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Yokohama.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.
Wins on wellness and families 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
Yokohama in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Cork | Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Irish | Japanese |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Yen (JPY) |
| Sockets | G230 V, 50 Hz | AB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region |
| Driving side | Left | Left |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer | UTC+9 |
| Emergency number | 112 | Police 110, fire 119 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 24 m |
| Main airport | Cork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations | Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 16 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Cork | Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 222,333 | 3,757,630 |
| People per km² | 5,961 | 8,585 |
| Museums within 10 km | 5 | 38 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 5 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Cork or Yokohama somewhere new.