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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Bologna 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 Bologna for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’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. Bologna 30, Delhi 4: Bologna leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Delhi 44: Bologna leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Delhi 20: Bologna leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Delhi 68: Bologna leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Delhi 32: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Delhi 55: Bologna leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Delhi 55: Bologna leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Delhi 25: Bologna leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Delhi.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 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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Where the figures come from

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaDelhi
Official languageItalianHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation54 m221 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaDelhi
City population387,97126,495,000
People per km²2,75418,962
Museums within 10 km6823
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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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.