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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

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. Belfast 20, Mumbai 18: Belfast leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Mumbai 55: Belfast leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Mumbai 48: Belfast leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Mumbai 35: Belfast leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Mumbai 38: Belfast leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast and Mumbai are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Mumbai 24: Belfast leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Belfast
51match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastMumbai
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
Elevation3 m14 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastMumbai
City population345,00615,414,288
People per km²3,00025,563
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.