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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Delhi or Madrid?

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 Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Madrid leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Madrid 80: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Madrid 60: Madrid leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Madrid 75: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Madrid 50: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Madrid 36: Madrid leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Madrid.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMadrid
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
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 m663 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMadrid
City population26,495,0003,506,730
People per km²18,9625,801
Museums within 10 km2388
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44

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. 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.