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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Kochi or Philadelphia?

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 Philadelphia for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Philadelphia 62: Kochi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Philadelphia 52: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Philadelphia 40: Kochi leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Philadelphia 26: Kochi leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Philadelphia.

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.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiPhiladelphia
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation0 m12 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiPhiladelphia
City population677,3811,603,797
People per km²7,1384,339
Museums within 10 km454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.