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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or Tallinn?

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 Tallinn for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Tallinn 52: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Tallinn 68: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Delhi and Tallinn are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Tallinn 58: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Tallinn 40: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Tallinn 47: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Tallinn 50: Delhi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Tallinn.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiTallinn
Official languageHindi, EnglishEstonian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m28 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiTallinn
City population26,495,000457,572
People per km²18,9622,871
Museums within 10 km2316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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. 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.