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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Split?

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

  • shopping
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Split 57: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Split 66: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Split 52: Split leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Split 77: Split leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Split 78: Split leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Split 54: Split leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Split 67: Split leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Split 32: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Split 45: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Split 37: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Split 40: Split leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Split.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSplit
Official languageHindi, EnglishCroatian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m0 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSplit
City population26,495,000160,577
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km2311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.