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The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Cusco 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 Cusco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Delhi for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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. Cusco 3, Delhi 4: Delhi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Cusco 56, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cusco 81, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cusco 42, Delhi 44: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cusco 86, Delhi 20: Cusco leads by 66 points.
Day trips. Cusco 78, Delhi 68: Cusco leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cusco 10, Delhi 32: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cusco 48, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Cusco 52, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Cusco 73, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cusco 30, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cusco 33, Delhi 25: Cusco leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Delhi.

Your match

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

Cusco
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 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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Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCuscoDelhi
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaHindi, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency number111 or 911108 or 112
Elevation3,399 m221 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoDelhi
City population428,45026,495,000
People per km²-18,962
Museums within 10 km1123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.