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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Kochi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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. Bangkok 12, Kochi 38: Kochi leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Kochi 66: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Kochi 62: Bangkok leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Kochi 18: Bangkok leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Kochi 55: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Kochi 52: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Kochi 40: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Kochi 44: Bangkok leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Kochi 45: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Kochi 40: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Kochi 70: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Kochi.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Kochi
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBangkokKochi
Official languageThaiHindi, English
CurrencyBaht (THB)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199108 or 112
Elevation2 m0 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokKochi
City population5,676,648677,381
People per km²3,6197,138
Museums within 10 km594
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bangkok or Kochi somewhere new.

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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). 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.