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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Beijing 6, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Mumbai 70: Beijing leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Mumbai 52: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Mumbai 55: Beijing leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Mumbai 48: Beijing leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Mumbai 35: Beijing leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Mumbai 38: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Mumbai 66: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Mumbai 55: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Mumbai 24: Beijing leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingMumbai
Official languagePutonghuaHindi, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119108 or 112
Elevation43 m14 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingMumbai
City population21,893,09515,414,288
People per km²1,33425,563
Museums within 10 km831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.