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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Perth?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Perth 58: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Perth 42: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Perth 42: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Perth 72: Perth leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Perth 48: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Perth 74: Perth leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Delhi and Perth are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Perth 44: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Perth 28: Delhi leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Perth 50: Delhi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Perth 38: Perth leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
53match

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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiPerth
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112000
Elevation221 m2 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiPerth
City population26,495,0002,141,834
People per km²18,962334
Museums within 10 km2315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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.