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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Madrid 5, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Mumbai 70: Madrid leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Mumbai 52: Madrid leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Mumbai 55: Madrid leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Mumbai 48: Madrid leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Mumbai 35: Madrid leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Mumbai 38: Madrid leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Mumbai 66: Madrid leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Mumbai 55: Madrid leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Mumbai 24: Madrid leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridMumbai
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation663 m14 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMadridMumbai
City population3,506,73015,414,288
People per km²5,80125,563
Museums within 10 km881
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
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). 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. 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.