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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or San Sebastian?

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 Sebastian for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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 Sebastian 68: San Sebastian leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, San Sebastian 52: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Delhi and San Sebastian are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, San Sebastian 40: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, San Sebastian 32: Delhi leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, San Sebastian 45: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, San Sebastian 50: San Sebastian leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and San Sebastian.

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 Sebastian
Best match
60match

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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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 Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer 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 Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSan Sebastian
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
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 m6 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSan Sebastian
City population26,495,000189,866
People per km²18,9623,118
Museums within 10 km2314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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.