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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Delhi?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Delhi for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’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. Acapulco 80, Delhi 4: Acapulco leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Delhi 44: Acapulco leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Delhi 20: Acapulco leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Delhi 32: Acapulco leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Delhi 25: Acapulco leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Delhi.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoDelhi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoDelhi
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaHindi, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation18 m221 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoDelhi
City population658,60926,495,000
People per km²35018,962
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.