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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Windhoek?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Kochi leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Windhoek 36: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Windhoek 30: Kochi leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Windhoek 25: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Windhoek 52: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Windhoek 14: Kochi leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Windhoek 30: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Windhoek 22: Kochi leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Windhoek 30: Kochi leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Windhoek 62: Kochi leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Windhoek 18: Kochi leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on 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
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 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. Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiWindhoek
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m1,650 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiWindhoek
City population677,381486,169
People per km²7,13895
Museums within 10 km45
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.