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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Oslo?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Oslo 55: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Oslo 66: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Oslo 52: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Oslo 50: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Oslo 14: Delhi leads by 76 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Oslo.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiOslo
Official languageHindi, EnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation221 m23 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiOslo
City population26,495,000717,710
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km2360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.