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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Newport Beach?

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 Newport Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Newport Beach 50: Kochi leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Newport Beach 20: Kochi leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Newport Beach 33: Newport Beach leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Newport Beach 20: Kochi leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Newport Beach 15: Kochi leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Newport Beach 44: Kochi leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on families and beaches 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
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KochiNewport Beach

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. Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiNewport Beach
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiNewport Beach
City population677,38185,239
People per km²7,138622
Museums within 10 km44
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.