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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Bath 10, Delhi 4: Bath leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Delhi 44: Delhi leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Delhi 20: Bath leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Delhi 68: Bath leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Delhi 32: Bath leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Delhi 55: Bath leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Delhi 25: Bath leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Delhi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bath
51match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathDelhi
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112 or 999108 or 112
Elevation132 m221 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBathDelhi
City population94,09226,495,000
People per km²3,24518,962
Museums within 10 km1723
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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). 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.