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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Delhi or Wellington?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Wellington 62: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Wellington 44: Delhi leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Wellington 40: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Wellington 42: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Wellington 33: Delhi leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Wellington 30: Wellington leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Wellington.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiWellington
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112111
Elevation221 m0 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiWellington
City population26,495,000216,200
People per km²18,962487
Museums within 10 km2312
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.