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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Delhi or Salzburg?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Salzburg 45: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Salzburg 72: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Salzburg 25: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 66 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Salzburg 48: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Salzburg 32: Delhi leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSalzburg
Official languageHindi, EnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m424 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSalzburg
City population26,495,000155,021
People per km²18,9622,360
Museums within 10 km2338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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. 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.