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A heritage tram before the Regent building, Christchurch
ChristchurchA heritage tram before the Regent building
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Christchurch by Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Christchurch 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 Christchurch for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Christchurch 38, Delhi 4: Christchurch leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Christchurch 45, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Christchurch 38, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Christchurch 32, Delhi 44: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Christchurch 84, Delhi 20: Christchurch leads by 64 points.
Day trips. Christchurch 45, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Christchurch 66, Delhi 32: Christchurch leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Christchurch 48, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Christchurch 32, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Christchurch 38, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Christchurch 38, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Christchurch 45, Delhi 25: Christchurch leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Christchurch and Delhi.

Your match

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

Christchurch
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Christchurch in July

11 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
9 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. Christchurch: 1991-2020 normals, Christchurch (8.7 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChristchurchDelhi
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriHindi, English
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number111108 or 112
Elevation20 m221 m
Main airportChristchurch International Airport (CHC)10 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChristchurchDelhi
City population383,20026,495,000
People per km²1,29818,962
Museums within 10 km1123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.