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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

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

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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. Brussels 18, Delhi 4: Brussels leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Delhi 44: Brussels leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Delhi 20: Brussels leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Delhi 68: Brussels leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Delhi 32: Brussels leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Delhi 55: Brussels leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Delhi 55: Brussels leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Delhi 25: Brussels leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Delhi.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsDelhi
Official languageFrench, German, DutchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation70 m221 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsDelhi
City population195,54626,495,000
People per km²5,90818,962
Museums within 10 km10623
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km104

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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.