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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Tokyo 84: Delhi leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 63 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Tokyo 48: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiTokyo
Official languageHindi, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation221 m6 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiTokyo
City population26,495,00014,264,798
People per km²18,9626,501
Museums within 10 km23192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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. 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.