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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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. Budapest 25, Delhi 4: Budapest leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Delhi 44: Budapest leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Delhi 20: Budapest leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Budapest and Delhi are level on 68.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Delhi 32: Budapest leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Delhi 55: Budapest leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Delhi 55: Budapest leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Delhi 25: Budapest leads by 73 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Delhi.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness 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.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestDelhi
Official languageHungarianHindi, English
CurrencyForint (HUF)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation117 m221 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestDelhi
City population1,675,77726,495,000
People per km²3,19118,962
Museums within 10 km8123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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.