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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Chicago 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 Chicago for

  • families
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Chicago 50, Mumbai 18: Chicago leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Mumbai 70: Chicago leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Mumbai 52: Chicago leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Mumbai 35: Chicago leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Mumbai 38: Chicago leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Mumbai 66: Chicago leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Mumbai 55: Chicago leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 33, Mumbai 24: Chicago leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chicago and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChicagoMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoMumbai
City population2,746,38815,414,288
People per km²4,52925,563
Museums within 10 km441
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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.