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Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Melbourne by Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Melbourne 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 Melbourne for

  • families
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Melbourne 50, Mumbai 18: Melbourne leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Melbourne 75, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Melbourne 57, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Melbourne 75, Mumbai 52: Melbourne leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Melbourne 70, Mumbai 55: Melbourne leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Melbourne 62, Mumbai 48: Melbourne leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Melbourne 73, Mumbai 35: Melbourne leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Melbourne 76, Mumbai 38: Melbourne leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Melbourne 70, Mumbai 66: Melbourne leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Melbourne 31, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Melbourne 72, Mumbai 55: Melbourne leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Melbourne 54, Mumbai 24: Melbourne leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Melbourne and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Melbourne
Best match
64match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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. Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMelbourneMumbai
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number000108 or 112
Elevation31 m14 m
Main airportMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMelbourneMumbai
City population5,350,70515,414,288
People per km²53525,563
Museums within 10 km431
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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.