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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Gold Coast?

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
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 88 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Gold Coast 47: Delhi leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Gold Coast 15: Delhi leads by 70 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Gold Coast 52: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Gold Coast 45: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Gold Coast 40: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Gold Coast 35: Delhi leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Gold Coast 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Gold Coast 42: Gold Coast leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Gold Coast.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Gold Coast
52match

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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiGold Coast
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+10
Emergency number108 or 112000
Elevation221 m12 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiGold Coast
City population26,495,000607,665
People per km²18,962433
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Delhi or Gold Coast somewhere new.

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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. 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.