Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.
Delhi or Yokohama?
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 Yokohama for
- families
- nature and the outdoors
- beaches
What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Yokohama.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.
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
Yokohama in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Delhi | Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Hindi, English | Japanese |
| Currency | Indian Rupee (INR) | Yen (JPY) |
| Sockets | CM230 V, 50 Hz | AB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region |
| Driving side | Left | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 | UTC+9 |
| Emergency number | 108 or 112 | Police 110, fire 119 |
| Elevation | 221 m | 24 m |
| Main airport | Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations | Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 16 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Delhi | Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 26,495,000 | 3,757,630 |
| People per km² | 18,962 | 8,585 |
| Museums within 10 km | 23 | 38 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 4 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | - | 5 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Delhi or Yokohama somewhere new.