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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Delhi for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • 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. Bucharest 8, Delhi 4: Bucharest leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Delhi 44: Bucharest leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Delhi 20: Bucharest leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Delhi 32: Bucharest leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Delhi 55: Bucharest leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Delhi 25: Bucharest leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Delhi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bucharest
51match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on shopping 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.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestDelhi
Official languageRomanianHindi, English
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation70 m221 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestDelhi
City population1,716,96126,495,000
People per km²7,59718,962
Museums within 10 km4123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.