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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kochi or Santiago de Compostela?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Kochi leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Santiago de Compostela 35: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Santiago de Compostela 64: Kochi leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi and Santiago de Compostela are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela.

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 wellness and prices with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on nightlife and getting around 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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KochiSantiago de Compostela

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. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiSantiago de Compostela
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m260 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiSantiago de Compostela
City population677,381100,965
People per km²7,138459
Museums within 10 km46
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.