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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Mexico City 5, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Mumbai 82: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Mumbai 70: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Mumbai 52: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Mumbai 48: Mexico City leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Mumbai 35: Mexico City leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Mumbai 38: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Mumbai 66: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Mumbai 72: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Mumbai 55: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Mumbai 24: Mexico City leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Mexico CityMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityMumbai
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaHindi, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation2,240 m14 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityMumbai
City population9,209,94415,414,288
People per km²6,20225,563
Museums within 10 km1081
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
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). 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.