VacationSelector
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Oaxaca?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Oaxaca leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Delhi and Oaxaca are level on 84.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Oaxaca 74: Delhi leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Oaxaca 40: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Oaxaca 65: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Delhi and Oaxaca are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Oaxaca 62: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Oaxaca 77: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Oaxaca 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 25 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Oaxaca.

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 live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
DelhiOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiOaxaca
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m1,555 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiOaxaca
City population26,495,000258,913
People per km²18,9623,028
Museums within 10 km2310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Delhi or Oaxaca somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.