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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

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

Kochi or Split?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Split 57: Kochi leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Split 66: Split leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Split 52: Split leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Split 77: Split leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Split 78: Split leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Split 54: Split leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Split 67: Split leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Split 32: Kochi leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Split 45: Kochi leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Split 37: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Split 40: Kochi leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Split.

Your match

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

Kochi
52match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiSplit
Official languageHindi, EnglishCroatian
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 m0 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiSplit
City population677,381160,577
People per km²7,138-
Museums within 10 km411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. 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.