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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kochi or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Tromso 36: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Tromso 27: Kochi leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Tromso 14: Kochi leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Tromso 15: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Tromso 11: Kochi leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Tromso 32: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Tromso 38: Kochi leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Tromso.

Your match

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

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiTromso
Official languageHindi, EnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation0 m20 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiTromso
City population677,38179,943
People per km²7,13832
Museums within 10 km48
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.