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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
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Mumbai?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Adelaide leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Mumbai 55: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Mumbai 48: Adelaide leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Mumbai 35: Adelaide leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Mumbai 38: Adelaide leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Mumbai 55: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Mumbai 24: Adelaide leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Mumbai.

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 families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideMumbai
City population1,387,29015,414,288
People per km²1,07125,563
Museums within 10 km131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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.