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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Kochi?

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 Antalya for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Kochi for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’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. Antalya 82, Kochi 38: Antalya leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Kochi 18: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Kochi 55: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Kochi 52: Antalya leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Kochi 40: Antalya leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Kochi 44: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya and Kochi are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Kochi.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Kochi
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Kochi in July

27 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
439 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kochi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaKochi
Official languageTurkishHindi, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation30 m0 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaKochi
City population2,426,356677,381
People per km²1,7127,138
Museums within 10 km54
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.