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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Kochi or Lima?

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 Kochi for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Lima for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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. Kochi 38, Lima 42: Lima leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Lima 88: Lima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Lima 66: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Lima 62: Lima leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Lima 45: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Lima 34: Kochi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Lima 42: Lima leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Lima 35: Kochi leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Lima 52: Lima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Lima 70: Kochi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Lima 53: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Lima 25: Kochi leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Kochi
52match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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. Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiLima
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112111 or 911
Elevation0 m154 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiLima
City population677,3819,943,800
People per km²7,1383,721
Museums within 10 km447
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.