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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Cologne 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 Cologne for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Cologne 14, Delhi 4: Cologne leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Delhi 44: Cologne leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne 56, Delhi 20: Cologne leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Cologne 80, Delhi 68: Cologne leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Delhi 32: Cologne leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Delhi 55: Cologne leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Cologne 46, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Delhi 55: Cologne leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Delhi 25: Cologne leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Delhi.

Your match

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

Cologne
Best match
58match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CologneDelhi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCologneDelhi
Official languageGermanHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation59 m221 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCologneDelhi
City population1,025,52326,495,000
People per km²2,53218,962
Museums within 10 km4023
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.