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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Vancouver?

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 Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Vancouver 72: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Vancouver 42: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Vancouver 42: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 77 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Vancouver 45: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Vancouver 55: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Vancouver 27: Delhi leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Vancouver 52: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiVancouver
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m2 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiVancouver
City population26,495,000662,248
People per km²18,9625,759
Museums within 10 km2326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.