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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Montevideo?

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 Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Montevideo 57: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Montevideo 54: Delhi leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Montevideo 34: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Montevideo 55: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Montevideo 54: Delhi leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Montevideo 36: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Montevideo 42: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMontevideo
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-3
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m41 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMontevideo
City population26,495,0001,302,954
People per km²18,9621,785
Museums within 10 km2336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.