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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kochi or Puerto Princesa?

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
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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 Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Puerto Princesa 38: Kochi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Puerto Princesa 22: Kochi leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Puerto Princesa 26: Puerto Princesa leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Puerto Princesa 12: Kochi leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Puerto Princesa 45: Puerto Princesa leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Puerto Princesa 30: Kochi leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Puerto Princesa 20: Kochi leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Puerto Princesa 78: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Puerto Princesa 10: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Puerto Princesa 40: Kochi leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Puerto Princesa.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KochiPuerto Princesa

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.

Puerto Princesa 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 Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureKochiPuerto Princesa
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation0 m98 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiPuerto Princesa
City population677,381316,384
People per km²7,138133
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.