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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or New York?

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

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

Choose New York for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: New York leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, New York 92: New York leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, New York 89: New York leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, New York 97: New York leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, New York 55: New York leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Delhi and New York are level on 68.
Good for families. Delhi 32, New York 70: New York leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, New York 82: New York leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, New York 97: New York leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, New York 12: Delhi leads by 78 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, New York 99: New York leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, New York 42: New York leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and New York.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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 York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiNew York
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m25 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiNew York
City population26,495,0008,804,190
People per km²18,9627,256
Museums within 10 km23157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.