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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Delhi or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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 Jose, Costa Rica 12: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Delhi leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

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

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m1,161 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population26,495,000335,007
People per km²18,9627,511
Museums within 10 km239
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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. 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.