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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Delhi or York?

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 York for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, York 42: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, York 70: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, York 36: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, York 62: York leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, York 80: York leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, York 60: York leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, York 72: York leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, York 46: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, York 38: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, York 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, York 34: York leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and York.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

York
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
14 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiYork
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112 or 999
Elevation221 m25 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiYork
City population26,495,000208,400
People per km²18,962766
Museums within 10 km2324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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. 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.