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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi or Santa Marta?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Santa Marta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Santa Marta 44: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Santa Marta 34: Delhi leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Santa Marta 50: Santa Marta leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Santa Marta 84: Santa Marta leads by 64 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Santa Marta 38: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Santa Marta 40: Santa Marta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Santa Marta 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Santa Marta 27: Delhi leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Santa Marta 80: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Santa Marta 17: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Santa Marta 30: Santa Marta leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Santa Marta.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Santa Marta
46match

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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiSanta Marta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSanta Marta
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112123
Elevation221 m8 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-19 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSanta Marta
City population26,495,000505,915
People per km²18,9621,723
Museums within 10 km233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.