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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Doha or Mumbai?

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 Doha for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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. Doha 45, Mumbai 18: Doha leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Mumbai 35: Doha leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Mumbai 38: Doha leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Mumbai 24: Doha leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DohaMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaMumbai
Official languageArabicHindi, English
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:30
Emergency number999108 or 112
Elevation0 m14 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDohaMumbai
City population1,186,02315,414,288
People per km²8,98525,563
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.