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The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • 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. Buenos Aires 7, Delhi 4: Buenos Aires leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Buenos Aires 75, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Buenos Aires 71, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Buenos Aires 95, Delhi 44: Buenos Aires leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Buenos Aires 38, Delhi 20: Buenos Aires leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Buenos Aires 60, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Buenos Aires 52, Delhi 32: Buenos Aires leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Buenos Aires 62, Delhi 55: Buenos Aires leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Buenos Aires 60, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Buenos Aires 55, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Buenos Aires 75, Delhi 55: Buenos Aires leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Buenos Aires 28, Delhi 25: Buenos Aires leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Buenos Aires and Delhi.

Your match

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

Buenos Aires
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and families 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.

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Buenos AiresDelhi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBuenos AiresDelhi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5:30
Emergency number117 or 911108 or 112
Elevation25 m221 m
Main airportEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBuenos AiresDelhi
City population3,121,70726,495,000
People per km²15,35518,962
Museums within 10 km7623
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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.