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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Kochi or Sarajevo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarajevo’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, Sarajevo 6: Kochi leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Sarajevo 60: Kochi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Sarajevo 38: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Sarajevo 40: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Sarajevo 80: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi and Sarajevo are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Kochi
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiSarajevo
Official languageHindi, EnglishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m518 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiSarajevo
City population677,381275,524
People per km²7,1381,947
Museums within 10 km425
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.