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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Adelaide 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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Adelaide 68, Delhi 4: Adelaide leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Delhi 44: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Delhi 20: Adelaide leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Delhi 32: Adelaide leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Delhi 55: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Delhi 55: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Delhi 25: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Delhi.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideDelhi
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number000108 or 112
Elevation1 m221 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideDelhi
City population1,387,29026,495,000
People per km²1,07118,962
Museums within 10 km1323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.