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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Tirana?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tirana for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Tirana 57: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Tirana 42: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Tirana 64: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Tirana 40: Tirana leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Tirana 54: Delhi leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Tirana 32: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Tirana 76: Delhi leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Tirana 32: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Tirana 27: Tirana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Tirana.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiTirana
Official languageHindi, EnglishAlbanian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m110 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiTirana
City population26,495,000389,323
People per km²18,9629,314
Museums within 10 km2311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.