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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Delhi or Faro?

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

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Faro for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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, Faro 74: Faro leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Faro 48: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Faro 35: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Faro 32: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Faro 62: Faro leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Faro 64: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Faro 60: Faro leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Faro 60: Faro leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Faro 35: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Faro 60: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Faro 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Faro 33: Faro leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Faro.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiFaro
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m10 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiFaro
City population26,495,00064,560
People per km²18,962319
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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.