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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao or Jaipur?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Bilbao leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Jaipur 66: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Jaipur 25: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Jaipur 38: Bilbao leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Jaipur 55: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Jaipur 25: Bilbao leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Jaipur 30: Bilbao leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Jaipur 35: Bilbao leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Jaipur 28: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Jaipur.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Jaipur
46match

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

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Jaipur has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoJaipur
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 m431 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoJaipur
City population351,1243,073,350
People per km²8,440-
Museums within 10 km176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.