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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Brussels and Mumbai are level on 18.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Mumbai 70: Brussels leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Mumbai 52: Brussels leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Mumbai 48: Brussels leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Mumbai 35: Brussels leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Mumbai 38: Brussels leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Mumbai 55: Brussels leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Mumbai 24: Brussels leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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
No seasea
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsMumbai
City population195,54615,414,288
People per km²5,90825,563
Museums within 10 km1061
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km103
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.