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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Porto?

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
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Porto for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Porto 70: Delhi leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Porto 68: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Porto 65: Porto leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Porto 64: Porto leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Porto 79: Porto leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Porto 52: Porto leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Porto 66: Porto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Porto 52: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Porto 62: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Porto 52: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Porto 34: Porto leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Porto.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiPorto
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m104 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiPorto
City population26,495,000273,476
People per km²18,9626,606
Museums within 10 km2342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.