Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
Kochi or San Sebastian?
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 San Sebastian for
- getting around
- beaches
- day trips
What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and San Sebastian.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.
Wins on getting around 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
San Sebastian in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
San Sebastian's station stands 252 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. San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Kochi | San Sebastian |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Hindi, English | Spanish |
| Currency | Indian Rupee (INR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CM230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | 108 or 112 | 112 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 6 m |
| Main airport | Cochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations | San Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Kochi | San Sebastian |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 677,381 | 189,866 |
| People per km² | 7,138 | 3,118 |
| Museums within 10 km | 4 | 14 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 3 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 2 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Kochi or San Sebastian somewhere new.