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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Manchester?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Manchester for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Manchester leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Manchester 51: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Manchester 50: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Manchester 64: Manchester leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Manchester 62: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Manchester 42: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Manchester 15: Delhi leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Manchester.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiManchester
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112 or 999
Elevation221 m38 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiManchester
City population26,495,000547,627
People per km²18,9624,737
Museums within 10 km2328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.