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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galway 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 Galway for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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. Galway 28, Kochi 38: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Kochi 18: Galway leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Kochi 55: Galway leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Kochi 52: Galway leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Kochi 40: Galway leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Kochi 44: Galway leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Kochi 40: Galway leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Kochi.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

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. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGalwayKochi
Official languageEnglish, IrishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation25 m0 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayKochi
City population83,456677,381
People per km²1,5637,138
Museums within 10 km44
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.