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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Kochi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Brisbane 55, Kochi 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Kochi 18: Brisbane leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Kochi 55: Brisbane leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Kochi 52: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Kochi 40: Brisbane leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Kochi 44: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane and Kochi are level on 45.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Kochi 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 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: Brisbane and Kochi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brisbane
54match

Wins on families and nightlife 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneKochi
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+5:30
Emergency number000108 or 112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneKochi
City population2,706,966677,381
People per km²1717,138
Museums within 10 km164
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Brisbane 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). 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.