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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Delhi or Reykjavik?

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 Reykjavik for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Reykjavik leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Reykjavik 42: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Reykjavik 25: Delhi leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 72 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Reykjavik 35: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi and Reykjavik are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Reykjavik 25: Delhi leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Reykjavik 6: Delhi leads by 84 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Reykjavik 45: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 63 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiReykjavik
Official languageHindi, EnglishIcelandic
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m8 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiReykjavik
City population26,495,000138,772
People per km²18,962569
Museums within 10 km2323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.