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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa or Udaipur?

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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Udaipur’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. Mombasa 82, Udaipur 5: Mombasa leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Udaipur 42: Mombasa leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Udaipur 66: Udaipur leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Udaipur 18: Mombasa leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Udaipur 44: Mombasa leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Udaipur 68: Udaipur leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Udaipur 32: Mombasa leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Udaipur 28: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Udaipur 48: Udaipur leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Udaipur 86: Udaipur leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Udaipur 32: Udaipur leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Udaipur 45: Udaipur leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Mombasa
Best match
50match

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

Udaipur
43match

Wins on day trips 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.

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Udaipur in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
257 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MombasaUdaipur

Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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.

Udaipur 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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaUdaipur
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliHindi, English
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999108 or 112
Elevation50 m578 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaUdaipur
City population1,208,333451,100
People per km²4,10012,192
Museums within 10 km03
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.