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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kochi or Portofino?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Portofino for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Portofino 36: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Portofino 22: Kochi leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Portofino 14: Kochi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Portofino 33: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Portofino 29: Kochi leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Portofino 9: Kochi leads by 79 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Portofino 7: Kochi leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Portofino 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 Portofino.

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.

Portofino
38match

Wins on day trips 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °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.

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiPortofino
Official languageHindi, EnglishItalian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m20 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiPortofino
City population677,381355
People per km²7,138142
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.