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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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. Austin 30, Delhi 4: Austin leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Delhi 44: Austin leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Delhi 20: Austin leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Delhi 32: Austin leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Delhi 55: Austin leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Delhi 25: Austin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Delhi.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

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

Delhi
Best match
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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinDelhi
Official language-Hindi, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation149 m221 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAustinDelhi
City population961,85526,495,000
People per km²1,21718,962
Museums within 10 km2123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.