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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Fes?

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

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

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

Choose Fes for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Fes’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, Fes 5: Fes leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Fes 62: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Fes 80: Delhi leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Fes 12: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Fes 52: Fes leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Fes 62: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Fes 22: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Fes 40: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Fes 68: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Fes 80: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Fes 32: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Fes 70: Fes leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Fes.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Fes
49match

Wins on wellness 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
14 hdaylight a day

Fes in July

36 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 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

Fes's station stands 171 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Fes 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.

Fes's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Meknes.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiFes
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1
Emergency number108 or 112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation221 m408 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiFes
City population26,495,0001,167,842
People per km²18,9623,650
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. 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.