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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Toronto 70: Delhi leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Toronto 50: Delhi leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Toronto 50: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Toronto 66: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Toronto 34: Delhi leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiToronto
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m76 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiToronto
City population26,495,0002,794,356
People per km²18,9624,434
Museums within 10 km2332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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.