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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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. Lisbon 50, Mumbai 18: Lisbon leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Mumbai 70: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Mumbai 52: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Mumbai 55: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Mumbai 48: Lisbon leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Mumbai 35: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Mumbai 38: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Mumbai 55: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Mumbai 24: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonMumbai
Official languagePortugueseHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation100 m14 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonMumbai
City population545,79615,414,288
People per km²5,45325,563
Museums within 10 km801
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.