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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Delhi or Osaka?

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

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

Choose Osaka for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Osaka 63: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Osaka 58: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Osaka 60: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Osaka.

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.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on families 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiOsaka
Official languageHindi, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation221 m20 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiOsaka
City population26,495,0002,751,862
People per km²18,96212,340
Museums within 10 km2344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.