India / Kerala
Kochi Beach
Kochi Beach is a 262 m-long beach facing west-south-west, 1.1 km west of Vypīn (Kerala, India). The sea averages 30.0 °C in April, its warmest month, and 26.7 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Fort Kochi Beach is a beach along the Arabian Sea, situated in the Fort Kochi neighbourhood of the city of Kochi in Kerala, South India.
Wikidata item Q18355921.
Month by month
October at Kochi Beach
Beach-day index 7.2/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.5 °C | 28.7 °C | 29.4 °C | 30.0 °C | 29.8 °C | 28.4 °C | 27.1 °C | 26.7 °C | 27.5 °C | 28.5 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.7 °C |
| High °C | 32° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Low °C | 23° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 27 | 54 | 129 | 284 | 494 | 439 | 350 | 293 | 358 | 174 | 38 |
| Cloud % | 47 | 46 | 51 | 64 | 79 | 89 | 90 | 87 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 59 |
| Wind m/s | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Daylight h | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
| Record high/low | 35°/20° | 37°/20° | 38°/22° | 37°/25° | 36°/25° | 32°/24° | 29°/23° | 30°/23° | 31°/23° | 31°/23° | 32°/21° | 34°/20° |
| Beach index | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 9.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in December–January; January scores 9.2/10 with highs of 32 °C, sea at 28.5 °C and 13 mm of rain.
In January that is 0.3 points below the median of the 107 beaches in India covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.6 °C warmer than the India median for April (29.4 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 28.5 °C, warmer than 93% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
June is the wettest month (494 mm) and January the driest (13 mm); the yearly total is about 2,650 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.6 hours in December to 12.7 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:45 and sets at 18:21 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-south-west (245°). Open water fills about 28% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 18:46 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west-south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 3 m deep and 4 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 10 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 64% built-up land, 25% tree cover and 6% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 52% of that circle.
- Built 64%
- Tree 25%
- Grass 6%
- Crop 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Rainfall reaches 494 mm in June and stays above 250 mm in May, June, July, August, September and October.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 71Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 7Public toilets
- –Showers
- 7Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 131Hotels & guesthouses
- 5Grocery shops
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 19Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 5Pharmacies & clinics
- 10Cash machines
- 2Bike rental
- 3Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 46 restaurants, 17 cafés, 7 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 131 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Sunset View 460 m E
Attractions & museums
- Ernakulam District Heritage Museum museum 140 m E
- Bastion Bungalow museum 140 m E
- The Grey Book Museum and Archives museum 200 m SE
- Indo-Portuguese Museum museum 570 m S
- Indian Naval Maritime Museum museum 970 m S
- SNC Maritime Museum museum 1.0 km S
Historic sites
- Gunnary of Fort Emmanuel fort 140 m SW
Islands in view
- Gundu Island 1.4 km N
Lighthouses & piers
- Vypin Jetty pier 900 m NE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochin International Airport Kochi | COK | 27.0 km | north-east |
| Calicut International Airport Calicut | CCJ | 134 km | north |
| Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore | CJB | 147 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 19 bus stops within 1.5 km, ferry terminal Fort Kochi Water Metro Station (370 m), ferry terminal Fort Kochi Water Metro Stop (370 m) and 7 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 1.6M residents); within 30 km there are 61 (about 3.2M).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 6,715 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in December (703 views), 1.6× the quietest month.
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 16.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1134603081; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_43PFM_20240121_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 22.2K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.