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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Medellin 5, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Mumbai 52: Medellin leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Mumbai 55: Medellin leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Mumbai 48: Medellin leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, Mumbai 35: Medellin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Mumbai 38: Medellin leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, Mumbai 72: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Mumbai 24: Medellin leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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

Medellin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinMumbai
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency number123108 or 112
Elevation1,405 m14 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinMumbai
City population2,529,40315,414,288
People per km²6,64425,563
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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.