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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Portland?

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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Portland 68: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Portland 38: Delhi leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Portland 52: Portland leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Portland 84: Portland leads by 64 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Portland 58: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Portland 55: Portland leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Portland 62: Portland leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Portland 52: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Portland 38: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi and Portland are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Portland 42: Portland leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Portland.

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 prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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
14 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiPortland
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m152 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiPortland
City population26,495,000652,503
People per km²18,9621,736
Museums within 10 km2317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. 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.