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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Thessaloniki?

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

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Thessaloniki 66: Kochi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Thessaloniki 33: Kochi leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Kochi
52match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and day trips 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiThessaloniki
Official languageHindi, EnglishGreek
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiThessaloniki
City population677,381309,617
People per km²7,13816,042
Museums within 10 km432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.