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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Delhi for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • prices

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. Cartagena 70, Delhi 4: Cartagena leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Delhi 44: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Delhi 20: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Delhi 32: Cartagena leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Delhi 25: Cartagena leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Delhi.

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Delhi
53match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaDelhi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaDelhi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency number123108 or 112
Elevation2 m221 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaDelhi
City population914,55226,495,000
People per km²1,59918,962
Museums within 10 km223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.