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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Kochi or Valletta?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Valletta 55: Kochi leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Valletta 38: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Valletta 50: Kochi leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Valletta 32: Kochi leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KochiValletta

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. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiValletta
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m56 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiValletta
City population677,3815,197
People per km²7,1386,496
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.