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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Montreal?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Montreal 78: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Montreal 60: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Montreal 55: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Montreal 60: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Montreal 45: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMontreal
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m31 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMontreal
City population26,495,0001,895,211
People per km²18,9623,806
Museums within 10 km2337
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. 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.