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The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
IstanbulThe Blue Mosque
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Istanbul by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Istanbul 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 Istanbul for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • prices
  • day trips

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. Istanbul 45, Udaipur 5: Istanbul leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Istanbul 87, Udaipur 42: Istanbul leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Istanbul 90, Udaipur 66: Istanbul leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Istanbul 77, Udaipur 18: Istanbul leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. Istanbul 52, Udaipur 44: Istanbul leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Istanbul 55, Udaipur 68: Udaipur leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Istanbul 55, Udaipur 32: Istanbul leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Istanbul 62, Udaipur 28: Istanbul leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Istanbul 86, Udaipur 48: Istanbul leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Istanbul 60, Udaipur 86: Udaipur leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Istanbul 62, Udaipur 32: Istanbul leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Istanbul 75, Udaipur 45: Istanbul leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Istanbul and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Istanbul
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Udaipur
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Istanbul in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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

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. Istanbul: 1991-2020 normals, Istanbul / Goztepe (9.9 km from centre). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIstanbulUdaipur
Official languageTurkishHindi, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation100 m578 m
Main airportİstanbul Airport (IST)36 km from centre343 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureIstanbulUdaipur
City population15,655,924451,100
People per km²2,93012,192
Museums within 10 km733
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.