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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Monaco 68, Mumbai 18: Monaco leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Mumbai 55: Monaco leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Mumbai 48: Monaco leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Mumbai 35: Monaco leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Mumbai 38: Monaco leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 69 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Mumbai 55: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Mumbai 24: Monaco leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoMumbai
Official languageFrenchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation68 m14 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoMumbai
City population38,85715,414,288
People per km²18,50325,563
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.