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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Rome?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rome for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Rome 82: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Rome 99: Rome leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Rome 58: Rome leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Rome 58: Rome leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Rome 92: Rome leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Rome 50: Rome leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Rome 60: Rome leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Rome 72: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Rome 38: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Rome 68: Rome leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Rome 40: Rome leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Rome.

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.

Rome
Best match
64match

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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiRome
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 m21 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiRome
City population26,495,0002,748,109
People per km²18,9622,135
Museums within 10 km23178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km47
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.