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Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
CardiffCardiff Castle
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cardiff or Jaipur?

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 Cardiff for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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. Cardiff 30, Jaipur 3: Cardiff leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Cardiff 45, Jaipur 66: Jaipur leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Cardiff 58, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cardiff 50, Jaipur 25: Cardiff leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cardiff 70, Jaipur 38: Cardiff leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cardiff 72, Jaipur 55: Cardiff leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Cardiff 58, Jaipur 25: Cardiff leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Cardiff 66, Jaipur 30: Cardiff leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Cardiff 50, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Cardiff 46, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cardiff 57, Jaipur 35: Cardiff leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cardiff 27, Jaipur 28: Jaipur leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cardiff and Jaipur.

Your match

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

Cardiff
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Jaipur
46match

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.

Cardiff in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cardiff has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Jaipur has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCardiffJaipur
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112 or 999108 or 112
Elevation41 m431 m
Main airportCardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCardiffJaipur
City population383,5363,073,350
People per km²2,734-
Museums within 10 km96
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.