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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Charleston or Mumbai?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Charleston leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston and Mumbai are level on 55.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Mumbai 48: Charleston leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Mumbai 35: Charleston leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Mumbai 38: Charleston leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Mumbai 24: Charleston leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CharlestonMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonMumbai
City population150,22715,414,288
People per km²53225,563
Museums within 10 km191
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 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.