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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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. Bucharest 8, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Mumbai 52: Bucharest leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Mumbai 48: Bucharest leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Mumbai 35: Bucharest leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Mumbai 38: Bucharest leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Mumbai 55: Bucharest leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Mumbai 24: Bucharest leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bucharest
51match

Wins on wellness and nightlife with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestMumbai
City population1,716,96115,414,288
People per km²7,59725,563
Museums within 10 km411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.