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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Cologne 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 Cologne for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • 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. Cologne 14, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Mumbai 52: Cologne leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne 56, Mumbai 55: Cologne leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Cologne 80, Mumbai 48: Cologne leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Mumbai 35: Cologne leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Mumbai 38: Cologne leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Cologne 46, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Mumbai 55: Cologne leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Mumbai 24: Cologne leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Cologne
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices 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
No seasea
16 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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CologneMumbai

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

Before you go

MeasureCologneMumbai
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 m14 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCologneMumbai
City population1,025,52315,414,288
People per km²2,53225,563
Museums within 10 km401
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.