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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi or Wilmington?

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 Wilmington for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Wilmington 48: Delhi leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Wilmington 40: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Wilmington 40: Delhi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Wilmington 58: Wilmington leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Wilmington 45: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Wilmington 28: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Wilmington 33: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Wilmington 42: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Wilmington 40: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Wilmington 33: Wilmington leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Wilmington.

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.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on beaches 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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DelhiWilmington

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiWilmington
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m9 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiWilmington
City population26,495,000115,451
People per km²18,962839
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.