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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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. Bilbao 45, Mumbai 18: Bilbao leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Mumbai 52: Bilbao leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Mumbai 55: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Mumbai 48: Bilbao leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Mumbai 35: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Mumbai 38: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Mumbai 24: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Mumbai.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

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

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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BilbaoMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoMumbai
City population351,12415,414,288
People per km²8,44025,563
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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). 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.