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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Geneva?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Geneva for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Geneva 55: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Geneva 58: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Geneva 38: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Geneva 68: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Geneva 5: Delhi leads by 85 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Geneva.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiGeneva
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m403 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiGeneva
City population26,495,000211,152
People per km²18,96213,280
Museums within 10 km2334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.