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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ghent or Udaipur?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Udaipur’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, Udaipur 5: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Udaipur 42: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Udaipur 66: Ghent leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Udaipur 18: Ghent leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Udaipur 44: Udaipur leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Udaipur 68: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Udaipur 32: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Udaipur 28: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Udaipur 48: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Udaipur 86: Udaipur leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Udaipur 32: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Udaipur 45: Udaipur leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Udaipur
43match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Udaipur in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
257 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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.

Udaipur 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.

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). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentUdaipur
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 m578 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGhentUdaipur
City population272,657451,100
People per km²1,72812,192
Museums within 10 km303
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.