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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • families
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Los Angeles 60, Mumbai 18: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Mumbai 82: Los Angeles leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Mumbai 52: Los Angeles leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Mumbai 55: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Mumbai 48: Los Angeles leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Mumbai 35: Los Angeles leads by 49 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Mumbai 66: Los Angeles leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Mumbai 55: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Mumbai 24: Los Angeles leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Los AngelesMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesMumbai
Official language-Hindi, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation106 m14 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesMumbai
City population3,898,74715,414,288
People per km²2,99425,563
Museums within 10 km391
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.