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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Kochi or Seoul?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Kochi leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Seoul 50: Kochi leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Seoul.

Your match

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

Kochi
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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. Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiSeoul
Official languageHindi, EnglishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation0 m38 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiSeoul
City population677,3819,668,465
People per km²7,13815,973
Museums within 10 km481
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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. 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.