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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Ghent 25, Mumbai 18: Ghent leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Mumbai 70: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Mumbai 52: Ghent leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Mumbai 48: Ghent leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Mumbai 35: Ghent leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Mumbai 38: Ghent leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Mumbai 55: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Mumbai 24: Ghent leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentMumbai
Official languageFrench, German, DutchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation12 m14 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGhentMumbai
City population272,65715,414,288
People per km²1,72825,563
Museums within 10 km301
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.