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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Delhi or Miami?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 86 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Miami 72: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Miami 57: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Miami 82: Miami leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Miami 64: Miami leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Miami 42: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Miami 64: Miami leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Miami 35: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Miami 71: Delhi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Miami 27: Delhi leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi and Miami are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Miami 44: Miami leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Miami.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMiami
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m2 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMiami
City population26,495,000442,241
People per km²18,9623,046
Museums within 10 km2317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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.