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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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. Berlin 38, Delhi 4: Berlin leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Delhi 85: Berlin leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Delhi 44: Berlin leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Delhi 20: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Delhi 32: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Delhi 55: Berlin leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Delhi 55: Berlin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Delhi 25: Berlin leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Delhi.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and families 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinDelhi
Official languageGermanHindi, 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
Elevation34 m221 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinDelhi
City population3,700,57726,495,000
People per km²4,15318,962
Museums within 10 km15723
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44

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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). 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.