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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License.

Delhi or Kyoto?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Kyoto for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Kyoto’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, Kyoto 15: Kyoto leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Kyoto 85: Kyoto leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Kyoto 35: Delhi leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Kyoto 68: Kyoto leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Kyoto 72: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Kyoto 50: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Kyoto 60: Kyoto leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Kyoto.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiKyoto
Official languageHindi, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation221 m51 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiKyoto
City population26,495,0001,463,723
People per km²18,9621,768
Museums within 10 km2377
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.