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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Kochi or Puerto Iguazu?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Kochi leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Puerto Iguazu 28: Kochi leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Puerto Iguazu 9: Kochi leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Puerto Iguazu 14: Kochi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Puerto Iguazu 33: Kochi leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Puerto Iguazu 17: Kochi leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Puerto Iguazu 48: Kochi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Puerto Iguazu 7: Kochi leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Puerto Iguazu 34: Kochi leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiPuerto Iguazu
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-3
Emergency number108 or 112117 or 911
Elevation0 m162 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiPuerto Iguazu
City population677,38154,903
People per km²7,138-
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.