Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.
Kochi or Montego Bay?
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
- prices
- culture and sights
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’s own page.
Choose Montego Bay for
- beaches
- nightlife
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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 Montego Bay.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.
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
Montego Bay 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.
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. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Kochi | Montego Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Hindi, English | English, Jamaican Patois |
| Currency | Indian Rupee (INR) | Jamaican Dollar (JMD) |
| Sockets | CM230 V, 50 Hz | AB116 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 | UTC-5 |
| Emergency number | 108 or 112 | Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 19 m |
| Main airport | Cochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations | Sangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 10 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Kochi | Montego Bay |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 677,381 | 123,994 |
| People per km² | 7,138 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 4 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Kochi or Montego Bay somewhere new.