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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Zagreb?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Kochi leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Zagreb 55: Kochi leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Zagreb 56: Kochi leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi 55, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Zagreb 40: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Zagreb 60: Kochi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Kochi
52match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KochiZagreb

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. Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiZagreb
Official languageHindi, EnglishCroatian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation0 m127 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiZagreb
City population677,381767,131
People per km²7,138-
Museums within 10 km427
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. 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.