VacationSelector
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Kochi for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • 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. Faro 74, Kochi 38: Faro leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Kochi 18: Faro leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Kochi 55: Faro leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Kochi 52: Faro leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Kochi 40: Faro leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Kochi 44: Faro leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 37 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Kochi.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on wellness 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 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

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300400500JFMAMJJASOND
FaroKochi

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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFaroKochi
Official languagePortugueseHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFaroKochi
City population64,560677,381
People per km²3197,138
Museums within 10 km24
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Faro or Kochi somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.