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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Boston 35, Delhi 4: Boston leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Delhi 44: Boston leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Delhi 20: Boston leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Delhi 68: Boston leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Delhi 32: Boston leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Delhi 55: Boston leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Delhi 55: Boston leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Delhi 25: Boston leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Delhi.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonDelhi
Official language-Hindi, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation43 m221 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBostonDelhi
City population675,64726,495,000
People per km²2,91018,962
Museums within 10 km5123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.