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Durban
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Durban 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 Durban for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Durban 80, Mumbai 18: Durban leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Durban 60, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Durban 38, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Durban 40, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Durban 68, Mumbai 55: Durban leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Durban 38, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Durban 60, Mumbai 35: Durban leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Durban 20, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Durban 42, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Durban and Mumbai are level on 72.
Live music & performing arts. Durban 40, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Durban 30, Mumbai 24: Durban leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Durban
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDurbanMumbai
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageHindi, English
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation22 m14 m
Main airportKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDurbanMumbai
City population595,06115,414,288
People per km²2,63425,563
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.