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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Dublin?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Dublin 50: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Dublin 64: Delhi leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Dublin 54: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Dublin 20: Delhi leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi and Dublin are level on 25.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Dublin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiDublin
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m20 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiDublin
City population26,495,000592,713
People per km²18,9625,154
Museums within 10 km2340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.