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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Kochi for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Florianopolis 85, Kochi 38: Florianopolis leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Kochi 18: Florianopolis leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Kochi 55: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Kochi 52: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Kochi 40: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Kochi 44: Kochi leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Kochi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Florianopolis
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Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Kochi
52match

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.

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisKochi
Official languagePortugueseHindi, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCN60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193108 or 112
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisKochi
City population587,486677,381
People per km²8707,138
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.