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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, Mumbai 18: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Mumbai 70: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Mumbai 52: Berlin leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Mumbai 48: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Mumbai 35: Berlin leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Mumbai 38: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Mumbai 66: Berlin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Mumbai 55: Berlin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Mumbai 24: Berlin leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Mumbai.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

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
No seasea
16 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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMumbai
City population3,700,57715,414,288
People per km²4,15325,563
Museums within 10 km1571
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.