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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Marseille?

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
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Marseille 67: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Marseille 63: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Marseille 50: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Marseille 47: Delhi leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Marseille 45: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Marseille 37: Marseille leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Marseille.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMarseille
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m0 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMarseille
City population26,495,000886,040
People per km²18,9623,683
Museums within 10 km2327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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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. 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.