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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kochi or Montpellier?

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
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Montpellier 64: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Montpellier 60: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Montpellier 56: Montpellier leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Montpellier 72: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Montpellier 47: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Montpellier 50: Kochi leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Montpellier 42: Kochi leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Montpellier.

Your match

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

Kochi
52match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and day trips 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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiMontpellier
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m7 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiMontpellier
City population677,381310,240
People per km²7,1385,452
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.