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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Delhi or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose The Hague for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, The Hague 48: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, The Hague 66: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, The Hague 38: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, The Hague 55: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, The Hague 35: Delhi leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and The Hague.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on families and beaches 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiThe Hague
Official languageHindi, EnglishDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiThe Hague
City population26,495,000548,320
People per km²18,9625,589
Museums within 10 km2354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.