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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Delhi or New Orleans?

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 New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: New Orleans leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Delhi and New Orleans are level on 84.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, New Orleans 67: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, New Orleans 42: New Orleans leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, New Orleans 52: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi and New Orleans are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, New Orleans 54: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, New Orleans 40: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi and New Orleans are level on 25.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiNew Orleans
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m-2 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiNew Orleans
City population26,495,000383,997
People per km²18,962423
Museums within 10 km2316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.