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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or Ottawa?

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 Ottawa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Ottawa 45: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Ottawa 62: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Ottawa 35: Delhi leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Ottawa 55: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Ottawa 40: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Ottawa 40: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Ottawa 52: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Ottawa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Ottawa
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiOttawa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiOttawa
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m70 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiOttawa
City population26,495,0001,017,449
People per km²18,962366
Museums within 10 km2320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. 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.