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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork or Zagreb?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Cork leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Zagreb 55: Cork leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork and Zagreb are level on 62.
Day trips. Cork 68, Zagreb 60: Cork leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cork and Zagreb are level on 40.
Affordability. Cork 33, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Zagreb
Best match
50match

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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkZagreb
Official languageEnglish, IrishCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkZagreb
City population222,333767,131
People per km²5,961-
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.