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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Delhi or Johannesburg?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Johannesburg leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Johannesburg 58: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Johannesburg 56: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Johannesburg 52: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Johannesburg 42: Johannesburg leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Johannesburg 18: Delhi leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Johannesburg 58: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Johannesburg 72: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi and Johannesburg are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Johannesburg 28: Johannesburg leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Johannesburg.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiJohannesburg
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m1,753 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiJohannesburg
City population26,495,0004,803,262
People per km²18,9622,922
Museums within 10 km2314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.