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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or Tromso?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Tromso 36: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Tromso 27: Delhi leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Tromso 38: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 72 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Tromso 14: Delhi leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Tromso 15: Delhi leads by 63 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Tromso 11: Delhi leads by 79 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Tromso 32: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Tromso.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiTromso
Official languageHindi, EnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation221 m20 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiTromso
City population26,495,00079,943
People per km²18,96232
Museums within 10 km238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.