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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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. Charleston 72, Delhi 4: Charleston leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Charleston and Delhi are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Delhi 20: Charleston leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Delhi 32: Charleston leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Delhi 25: Charleston leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston 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

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonDelhi
Official language-Hindi, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation6 m221 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonDelhi
City population150,22726,495,000
People per km²53218,962
Museums within 10 km1923
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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.