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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Kochi or Manchester?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Manchester for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Kochi leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Manchester 51: Kochi leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Manchester 50: Kochi leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Manchester 64: Manchester leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Manchester 42: Kochi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Manchester 15: Kochi leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Manchester.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Kochi
52match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiManchester
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112 or 999
Elevation0 m38 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiManchester
City population677,381547,627
People per km²7,1384,737
Museums within 10 km428
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Kochi or Manchester somewhere new.

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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.