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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Kochi for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Gdansk 40, Kochi 38: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Kochi 62: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Kochi 18: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Kochi 55: Gdansk leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Kochi 52: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Kochi 40: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Kochi 44: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Kochi 40: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Kochi.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Kochi
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.

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

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. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGdanskKochi
Official languagePolishHindi, English
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskKochi
City population487,834677,381
People per km²7147,138
Museums within 10 km344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.