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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Santiago?

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
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Santiago for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Santiago leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Santiago 60: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Santiago 52: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Santiago 52: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Santiago 58: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi and Santiago are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Santiago 37: Santiago leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Santiago.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Santiago
55match

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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSantiago
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation221 m575 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSantiago
City population26,495,0006,257,516
People per km²18,9627,468
Museums within 10 km2354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. 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.