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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Quito?

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
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Quito leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Quito 54: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Quito 77: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Quito 40: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Quito 86: Quito leads by 66 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Quito 55: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Delhi and Quito are level on 32.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Quito 45: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Quito 40: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Quito 78: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Quito 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Quito 44: Quito leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Quito.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiQuito
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m2,850 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiQuito
City population26,495,0001,763,275
People per km²18,9624,735
Museums within 10 km2316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.