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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Lucerne 35, Mumbai 18: Lucerne leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Mumbai 55: Lucerne leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Mumbai 48: Lucerne leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Mumbai 35: Lucerne leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Mumbai 38: Lucerne leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Mumbai 55: Lucerne leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Mumbai 24: Lucerne leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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.

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucerneMumbai
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshHindi, English
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation436 m14 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneMumbai
City population86,23415,414,288
People per km²2,96325,563
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.