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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Delhi or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Seoul leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Delhi and Seoul are level on 84.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Seoul 75: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Seoul 50: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Seoul.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSeoul
Official languageHindi, EnglishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation221 m38 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSeoul
City population26,495,0009,668,465
People per km²18,96215,973
Museums within 10 km2381
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
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. 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.