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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Siena?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Siena for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Siena leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Siena 62: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Siena 78: Delhi leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Siena 27: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Siena 65: Siena leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Siena 94: Siena leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Siena 38: Siena leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Siena 60: Siena leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Siena 35: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Siena 42: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Siena 36: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Siena 55: Siena leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Siena.

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 prices and shopping with your weighting.

Siena
51match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSiena
Official languageHindi, EnglishItalian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m322 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSiena
City population26,495,00052,812
People per km²18,962446
Museums within 10 km2330
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.