Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Kochi or Medellin?
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
- beaches
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’s own page.
Choose Medellin for
- nightlife
- nature and the outdoors
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Medellin.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Too close to call, 1 point apart
Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.
Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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
Medellin in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
Medellin 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.
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. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Kochi | Medellin |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Hindi, English | Spanish |
| Currency | Indian Rupee (INR) | Colombian Peso (COP) |
| Sockets | CM230 V, 50 Hz | AB110 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 | UTC-5 |
| Emergency number | 108 or 112 | 123 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 1,405 m |
| Main airport | Cochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations | Jose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre35 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 19 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Kochi | Medellin |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 677,381 | 2,529,403 |
| People per km² | 7,138 | 6,644 |
| Museums within 10 km | 4 | 14 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | - |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Kochi or Medellin somewhere new.