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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota
SarasotaCa' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Sarasota by Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Sarasota?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sarasota for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarasota’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, Sarasota 86: Sarasota leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Sarasota 44: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Sarasota 45: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Sarasota 28: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Sarasota 55: Sarasota leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Sarasota 50: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Sarasota 68: Sarasota leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Sarasota 28: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Sarasota 40: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Sarasota 30: Delhi leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Sarasota 58: Sarasota leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Sarasota 45: Sarasota leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Sarasota.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Sarasota
48match

Wins on beaches 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

Sarasota in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sarasota has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Sarasota's sunshine is measured 70 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Sarasota: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sarasota / Ballentine Manor (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSarasota
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m7 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)7 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSarasota
City population26,495,00054,842
People per km²18,962840
Museums within 10 km233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.