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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Kochi for

  • prices
  • 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. Bilbao 45, Kochi 38: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Kochi 66: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao and Kochi are level on 62.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Kochi 18: Bilbao leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Kochi 55: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Kochi 52: Bilbao leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Kochi 40: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Kochi 44: Bilbao leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Kochi 45: Bilbao leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Kochi 40: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Kochi.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Kochi
52match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoKochi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation19 m0 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoKochi
City population351,124677,381
People per km²8,4407,138
Museums within 10 km174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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). 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. 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.