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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portland for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Kochi leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Portland 68: Portland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Portland 38: Kochi leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Portland 52: Portland leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Portland 84: Portland leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Portland 58: Portland leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Portland 55: Portland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Portland 62: Portland leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Portland 52: Portland leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Portland 38: Kochi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Portland 55: Portland leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Portland 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 Portland.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Kochi
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Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Portland
52match

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

27 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
439 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
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15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KochiPortland

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. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiPortland
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 m152 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiPortland
City population677,381652,503
People per km²7,1381,736
Museums within 10 km417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.