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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Kochi 38: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Kochi 66: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Kochi 62: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Kochi 18: Bordeaux leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Kochi 55: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Kochi 52: Bordeaux leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Kochi 40: Bordeaux leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Kochi 44: Bordeaux leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Kochi 45: Bordeaux leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Kochi 40: Bordeaux leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Kochi.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxKochi
Official languageFrenchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation1 m0 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxKochi
City population267,991677,381
People per km²5,4257,138
Museums within 10 km184
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.