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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
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cusco or Udaipur?

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
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • families
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Udaipur’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, Udaipur 5: Udaipur leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Cusco 56, Udaipur 42: Cusco leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cusco 81, Udaipur 66: Cusco leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cusco 42, Udaipur 18: Cusco leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cusco 86, Udaipur 44: Cusco leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Cusco 78, Udaipur 68: Cusco leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cusco 10, Udaipur 32: Udaipur leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cusco 48, Udaipur 28: Cusco leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cusco 52, Udaipur 48: Cusco leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cusco 73, Udaipur 86: Udaipur leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cusco 30, Udaipur 32: Udaipur leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cusco 33, Udaipur 45: Udaipur leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Cusco
Best match
49match

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

Udaipur
43match

Wins on families 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.

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Udaipur in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
257 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CuscoUdaipur

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.

Udaipur has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCuscoUdaipur
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 m578 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoUdaipur
City population428,450451,100
People per km²-12,192
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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