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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Delhi or Pisa?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Pisa 55: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Pisa 68: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Pisa 40: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Pisa 38: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Pisa 55: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Pisa 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Pisa.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

Pisa
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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiPisa
Official languageHindi, EnglishItalian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m4 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiPisa
City population26,495,00088,737
People per km²18,962479
Museums within 10 km2327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.