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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kochi or Quito?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Kochi leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Quito 54: Kochi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Quito 77: Quito leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Quito 40: Quito leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Quito 86: Quito leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Quito 55: Quito leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Quito 32: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Quito 45: Quito leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Quito 40: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Quito 78: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Quito 38: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Quito 44: Kochi leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Quito.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Kochi
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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.

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiQuito
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation0 m2,850 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiQuito
City population677,3811,763,275
People per km²7,1384,735
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.