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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • day trips
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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. Kathmandu 4, Udaipur 5: Udaipur leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Udaipur 42: Kathmandu leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Udaipur 66: Kathmandu leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Udaipur 18: Kathmandu leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Udaipur 44: Kathmandu leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Udaipur 68: Udaipur leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Udaipur 32: Udaipur leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Udaipur 28: Udaipur leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Udaipur 48: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Udaipur 86: Kathmandu leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Udaipur 32: Udaipur leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu and Udaipur are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

Udaipur
43match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Udaipur in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KathmanduUdaipur

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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduUdaipur
Official languageNepaliHindi, English
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101108 or 112
Elevation1,300 m578 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduUdaipur
City population845,767451,100
People per km²17,12112,192
Museums within 10 km93
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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