Moving to Spain from Cork?

The climate you'd be trading for

Swap Cork for a typical Spanish city and, on the national picture, you're looking at about 2°C milder winters, 1.5 more hours of December daylight, about half the rain and about 11°C hotter summers. But "Spain" isn't one climate — it runs from the wet Atlantic northwest to the dry Mediterranean southeast, so the honest answer depends on where:

• Vigo Galicia · Atlantic

  vs Cork: about 3°C milder winters, 1.5 more hours of December daylight and about 6°C hotter summers. mild, green and wet — Spain’s Atlantic northwest.

• Alacant Costa Blanca · Mediterranean

  vs Cork: about 4°C milder winters, 2 more hours of December daylight, about a quarter of the rain and about 12°C hotter summers. dry, warm and sunny — the Mediterranean southeast.

• Málaga Costa del Sol · Mediterranean

  vs Cork: about 5°C milder winters, 2 more hours of December daylight, about a third of the rain and about 13°C hotter summers. warm winters on the southern coast.

Climate deltas compare 1991–2020 normals for Cork (Meteostat) against the same 30-year measure for each Spanish anchor. Rounded to whole degrees and bucketed rain ratios on purpose — coarse enough that measurement noise can't flip the direction.

Getting back to Cork

Direct flights home run year-round from 7 Spanish airports:

• César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport (ACE)
• Fuerteventura Airport (FUE)
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)
• Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
• Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)
• Seville Airport (SVQ)
• Valencia Airport (VLC)

Seasonal (mostly summer): Bilbao (BIO), Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Reus (REU), Santiago-Rosalía de Castro (SCQ).

Direct-route map from SpainScore's airport dataset (Spanish-departure scheduled routes). "Getting home easily" is one of the things the quiz can weight for you.