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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Doha?

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 Delhi for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Doha for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Doha’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. Delhi 4, Doha 45: Doha leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Doha 55: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Doha 55: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Doha 20: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Doha 7: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Doha 5: Delhi leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Doha 60: Doha leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Doha 45: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Doha 60: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Doha 38: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Doha 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Doha 38: Doha leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Doha.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiDoha
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Qatari Rial (QAR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112999
Elevation221 m0 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiDoha
City population26,495,0001,186,023
People per km²18,9628,985
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.