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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or Mombasa?

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

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Mombasa 60: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Mombasa 55: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Mombasa 45: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Mombasa 45: Mombasa leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Mombasa 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Mombasa 35: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Mombasa 70: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Mombasa 22: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMombasa
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation221 m50 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMombasa
City population26,495,0001,208,333
People per km²18,9624,100
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.