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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Delhi or Vienna?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Vienna for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Vienna 68: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Vienna 62: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Vienna 44: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Vienna.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiVienna
Official languageHindi, EnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m151 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiVienna
City population26,495,0002,028,289
People per km²18,9624,890
Museums within 10 km23152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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. 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.