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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Delhi or Lucerne?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Lucerne leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Lucerne 35: Delhi leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Lucerne 58: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Lucerne 28: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 72 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Lucerne 46: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Lucerne 8: Delhi leads by 82 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Lucerne.

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 prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Lucerne
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Lucerne has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiLucerne
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m436 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiLucerne
City population26,495,00086,234
People per km²18,9622,963
Museums within 10 km2314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. 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.