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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or Pensacola?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Pensacola 45: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Pensacola 45: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Pensacola 42: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Pensacola 45: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Pensacola 18: Delhi leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Pensacola 28: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Pensacola 44: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Pensacola 36: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Pensacola 30: Pensacola leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiPensacola
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m31 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiPensacola
City population26,495,00054,312
People per km²18,962515
Museums within 10 km235
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.