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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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. Bilbao 45, Delhi 4: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Delhi 44: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Delhi 20: Bilbao leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Delhi 68: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Delhi 32: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Delhi 55: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Delhi 25: Bilbao leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Delhi.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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BilbaoDelhi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoDelhi
Official languageSpanishHindi, 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
Elevation19 m221 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoDelhi
City population351,12426,495,000
People per km²8,44018,962
Museums within 10 km1723
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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). 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.