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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Mazatlan?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Mazatlan 62: Kochi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Mazatlan 42: Kochi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Mazatlan 45: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Mazatlan 42: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Mazatlan 30: Kochi leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Mazatlan 70: Kochi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi and Mazatlan are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Mazatlan 35: Kochi leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Kochi
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Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °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

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. Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiMazatlan
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-7
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation0 m139 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiMazatlan
City population677,381441,975
People per km²7,138-
Museums within 10 km43
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.