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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Delhi or San Francisco?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: San Francisco leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, San Francisco 82: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, San Francisco 68: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, San Francisco 58: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, San Francisco 14: Delhi leads by 76 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, San Francisco 42: San Francisco leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and San Francisco.

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.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSan Francisco
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m16 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSan Francisco
City population26,495,000873,965
People per km²18,9621,455
Museums within 10 km2351
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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. 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.