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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Brisbane 55, Delhi 4: Brisbane leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Delhi 44: Brisbane leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Delhi 20: Brisbane leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Delhi 32: Brisbane leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Delhi 55: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane and Delhi are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Delhi 25: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Delhi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Brisbane
54match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneDelhi
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+5:30
Emergency number000108 or 112
Elevation0 m221 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneDelhi
City population2,706,96626,495,000
People per km²17118,962
Museums within 10 km1623
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.