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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Luang Prabang?

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

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Luang Prabang 42: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Luang Prabang 65: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Luang Prabang 8: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Luang Prabang 35: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Luang Prabang 38: Luang Prabang leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Luang Prabang 50: Delhi leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Luang Prabang 38: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Luang Prabang 80: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Luang Prabang 18: Delhi leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiLuang Prabang
Official languageHindi, EnglishLao
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation221 m305 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiLuang Prabang
City population26,495,00053,792
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. 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.