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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • 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. Manchester 9, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Mumbai 52: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Mumbai 55: Manchester leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Mumbai 48: Manchester leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Mumbai 35: Manchester leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Mumbai 38: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Mumbai 55: Manchester leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Mumbai 24: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterMumbai
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112 or 999108 or 112
Elevation38 m14 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterMumbai
City population547,62715,414,288
People per km²4,73725,563
Museums within 10 km281
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.