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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Maastricht?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Maastricht leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Maastricht 58: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Maastricht 60: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Maastricht 42: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Maastricht 60: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Maastricht 38: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Maastricht 40: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
52match

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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DelhiMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMaastricht
Official languageHindi, EnglishDutch
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m49 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMaastricht
City population26,495,000120,227
People per km²18,9622,000
Museums within 10 km2321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45

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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.