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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Delhi or Mexico City?

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
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Mexico City leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Mexico City 50: Delhi leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Mexico City 76: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Mexico City 75: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMexico City
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m2,240 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMexico City
City population26,495,0009,209,944
People per km²18,9626,202
Museums within 10 km23108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46

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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. 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.