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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Delhi or Sydney?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Sydney for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 91 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Sydney 77: Delhi leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Sydney 60: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Sydney 50: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Sydney 68: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Sydney 22: Delhi leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Sydney.

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.

Sydney
Best match
66match

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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSydney
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112000
Elevation221 m6 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSydney
City population26,495,0005,450,496
People per km²18,962449
Museums within 10 km2338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.