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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Kochi or Wellington?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Wellington 62: Kochi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Wellington 44: Kochi leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Wellington 40: Kochi leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Wellington 42: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Wellington 33: Kochi leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Wellington 30: Kochi leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Wellington.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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. Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiWellington
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiWellington
City population677,381216,200
People per km²7,138487
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.