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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Delhi or Rotterdam?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Rotterdam leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Rotterdam 52: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Rotterdam 58: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Rotterdam 44: Rotterdam leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Rotterdam 55: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Rotterdam 38: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Rotterdam 42: Rotterdam leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Rotterdam.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Rotterdam
55match

Wins on families 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiRotterdam
Official languageHindi, EnglishDutch
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m10 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiRotterdam
City population26,495,000664,311
People per km²18,9622,080
Museums within 10 km2340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
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.