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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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 and Nairobi are level on 4.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Nairobi 48: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Nairobi 35: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 64 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Nairobi 28: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Nairobi 20: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Nairobi 45: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Nairobi 60: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Nairobi 35: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi and Nairobi are level on 25.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Nairobi.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiNairobi
City population26,495,0005,545,000
People per km²18,9627,967
Museums within 10 km234
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.