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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade 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 Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Kochi for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Belgrade 40, Kochi 38: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Kochi 18: Belgrade leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Kochi 55: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Kochi 52: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Kochi 40: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Kochi 44: Belgrade leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Kochi 40: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Kochi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Kochi
52match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeKochi
Official languageSerbianHindi, English
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193108 or 112
Elevation117 m0 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeKochi
City population1,197,714677,381
People per km²3,3277,138
Museums within 10 km654
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.