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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Delhi or Seattle?

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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Seattle 66: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Seattle 50: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 67 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Seattle 55: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Seattle 52: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Seattle 22: Delhi leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSeattle
City population26,495,000737,015
People per km²18,9621,996
Museums within 10 km2327
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.