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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Luang Prabang?

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

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

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Kochi leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Luang Prabang 42: Kochi leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Luang Prabang 8: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Luang Prabang 35: Kochi leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Luang Prabang 38: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Luang Prabang 38: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Luang Prabang 80: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Luang Prabang 18: Kochi leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Luang Prabang 60: Kochi leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiLuang Prabang
Official languageHindi, EnglishLao
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation0 m305 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureKochiLuang Prabang
City population677,38153,792
People per km²7,138-
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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. 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.