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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Chicago 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 Chicago for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • shopping

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. Chicago 50, Delhi 4: Chicago leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Delhi 44: Chicago leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Delhi 20: Chicago leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Delhi 32: Chicago leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Delhi 55: Chicago leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Delhi 55: Chicago leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 33, Delhi 25: Chicago leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chicago and Delhi.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChicagoDelhi
Official language-Hindi, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation179 m221 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoDelhi
City population2,746,38826,495,000
People per km²4,52918,962
Museums within 10 km4423
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.