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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Delhi or Phuket?

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

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Phuket for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Phuket’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, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 86 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Phuket 66: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Phuket 35: Delhi leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Phuket 80: Phuket leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Phuket 45: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Phuket 65: Phuket leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Phuket 22: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Phuket 42: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Phuket 68: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Phuket 20: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Phuket 82: Phuket leads by 57 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Phuket.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Phuket
Best match
57match

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

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiPhuket
Official languageHindi, EnglishThai
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation221 m19 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiPhuket
City population26,495,00077,610
People per km²18,9626,468
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.