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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Salvador?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Salvador 66: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Salvador 74: Delhi leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Salvador 52: Salvador leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Salvador 56: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Salvador 42: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Salvador 42: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Salvador 70: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Salvador.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSalvador
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-3
Emergency number108 or 112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation221 m8 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSalvador
City population26,495,0002,417,678
People per km²18,9623,489
Museums within 10 km2349
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.