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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Athens 70, Mumbai 18: Athens leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Mumbai 70: Athens leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Mumbai 52: Athens leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Mumbai 55: Athens leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Mumbai 48: Athens leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Mumbai 35: Athens leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Mumbai 38: Athens leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Mumbai 55: Athens leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Mumbai 24: Athens leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Mumbai.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

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

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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AthensMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAthensMumbai
City population643,45215,414,288
People per km²16,49925,563
Museums within 10 km881
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.