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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices

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. Barcelona 75, Mumbai 18: Barcelona leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona and Mumbai are level on 82.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Mumbai 70: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Mumbai 52: Barcelona leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Mumbai 55: Barcelona leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Mumbai 48: Barcelona leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Mumbai 35: Barcelona leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Mumbai 38: Barcelona leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Mumbai 66: Barcelona leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Mumbai 55: Barcelona leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Mumbai 24: Barcelona leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Mumbai.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices 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

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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaMumbai
City population1,731,64915,414,288
People per km²17,09425,563
Museums within 10 km951
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.