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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Penang?

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

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Penang for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’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, Penang 44: Penang leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Penang 86: Penang leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Penang 70: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Penang 40: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Penang 55: Penang leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Penang 42: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Penang 52: Penang leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Penang 40: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Penang 42: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Penang 78: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Penang 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Penang 42: Penang leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Penang.

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 shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Penang
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiPenang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiPenang
Official languageHindi, EnglishMalay
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112999
Elevation221 m4 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiPenang
City population26,495,000794,313
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km239
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.