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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Athens 70, Delhi 4: Athens leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Delhi 85: Athens leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Delhi 44: Athens leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Delhi 20: Athens leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Delhi 68: Athens leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Delhi 32: Athens leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Delhi 55: Athens leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Delhi 55: Athens leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Delhi 25: Athens leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Delhi.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensDelhi
Official languageGreekHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation74 m221 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAthensDelhi
City population643,45226,495,000
People per km²16,49918,962
Museums within 10 km8823
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.