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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach or Mombasa?

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 Cocoa Beach for

  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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. Cocoa Beach 80, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Mombasa 45: Cocoa Beach leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Mombasa 45: Cocoa Beach leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Mombasa 30: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Mombasa 35: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Mombasa 22: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cocoa BeachMombasa

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachMombasa
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation0 m50 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachMombasa
City population11,3541,208,333
People per km²2904,100
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months12 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. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.