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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Delhi or Izmir?

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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Izmir 72: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Izmir 55: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Izmir 55: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Izmir 66: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Izmir 48: Delhi leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Izmir.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiIzmir
Official languageHindi, EnglishTurkish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m2 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiIzmir
City population26,495,0004,493,242
People per km²18,9624,760
Museums within 10 km2329
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.