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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or San Jose?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose San Jose for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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 30: San Jose leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, San Jose 56: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, San Jose 36: Delhi leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, San Jose 33: Delhi leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, San Jose 72: San Jose leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, San Jose 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, San Jose 48: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, San Jose 20: Delhi leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, San Jose 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, San Jose 30: San Jose leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and San Jose.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

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 Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiSan Jose

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: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSan Jose
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 m25 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSan Jose
City population26,495,0001,013,240
People per km²18,9622,167
Museums within 10 km2319
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.