Which is cheaper, Kozhikode or Thiruvananthapuram?

Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram cost about the same: roughly $750 per month for one person.

Is Kozhikode or Thiruvananthapuram safer?

Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram score the same on safety (55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Kozhikode or Thiruvananthapuram?

Thiruvananthapuram: a measured median of 29.2 Mbps versus 25.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Kozhikode vs Thiruvananthapuram

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Under balanced weights Kozhikode edges it, 51 to 50, winning 1 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Kozhikode

out of 100

Malabar coast city of beaches, biryani and the old spice trade

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Thiruvananthapuram

out of 100

Kerala's capital, with Kovalam beach and the Technopark IT campus

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Where they differ

Air quality. Kozhikode leads on air quality, 69 to 63, against Thiruvananthapuram. PM2.5: 19 µg/m³ vs 21.8 µg/m³.

Where they are close. Within five points on internet, getting there & around, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

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no clear edge over Thiruvananthapuram in the data

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no clear edge over Kozhikode in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram
Cost of living	88	88
Safety	55	55
Healthcare	63	63
Internet	64	66 ✓
Visa ease	32	32
Getting there & around	18	19 ✓
Climate	25	25
Air quality	69 ✓	63
Quality of life	43	43

Cost

Metric	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$750	$750
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram
Homicides per 100k	2.72	2.72
Political stability (0–100)	55	55
UHC service coverage (0–100)	69	69
Life expectancy	71 yrs	71 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram
Download	25.4 Mbps	29.2 Mbps ✓
Upload	15.2 Mbps	16.1 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, EU passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, UK passport	e-visa required	e-visa required

Getting there and around

Metric	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram
Non-stop airport destinations	21	25 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram
Comfortable months per year	3	3
Annual mean PM2.5	19 µg/m³ ✓	21.8 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Kozhikode or Thiruvananthapuram?: Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram cost about the same: roughly $750 per month for one person.
Is Kozhikode or Thiruvananthapuram safer?: Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram score the same on safety (55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Kozhikode or Thiruvananthapuram?: Thiruvananthapuram: a measured median of 29.2 Mbps versus 25.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.