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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Kochi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Dubrovnik 74, Kochi 38: Dubrovnik leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Kochi 62: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Kochi 18: Dubrovnik leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Kochi 55: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Kochi 52: Dubrovnik leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Kochi 40: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Kochi 44: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Kochi.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Kochi
Best match
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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

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. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikKochi
Official languageCroatianHindi, 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
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikKochi
City population41,562677,381
People per km²-7,138
Museums within 10 km74
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.