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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Barcelona’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. Barcelona 75, Delhi 4: Barcelona leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Delhi 85: Barcelona leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Delhi 44: Barcelona leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Delhi 20: Barcelona leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Delhi 68: Barcelona leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Delhi 32: Barcelona leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Delhi 55: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Delhi 55: Barcelona leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Delhi 25: Barcelona leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Delhi.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

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.

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaDelhi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation9 m221 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaDelhi
City population1,731,64926,495,000
People per km²17,09418,962
Museums within 10 km9523
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
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). 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.