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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Nairobi?

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 Mumbai for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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. Mumbai 18, Nairobi 4: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Nairobi 48: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Nairobi 35: Mumbai leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Nairobi 28: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Nairobi 20: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Nairobi 45: Mumbai leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Nairobi 60: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Nairobi 35: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Nairobi 25: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MumbaiNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiNairobi
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation14 m1,661 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiNairobi
City population15,414,2885,545,000
People per km²25,5637,967
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.