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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Delhi or Montego Bay?

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

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Montego Bay 50: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Montego Bay 28: Delhi leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Montego Bay 42: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Montego Bay 65: Montego Bay leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Montego Bay 50: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Montego Bay 48: Montego Bay leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Montego Bay 20: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Montego Bay 25: Delhi leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Montego Bay 38: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Montego Bay 32: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMontego Bay
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation221 m19 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMontego Bay
City population26,495,000123,994
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.