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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Nashville?

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

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Nashville 62: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Nashville 50: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Nashville 46: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Nashville 52: Nashville leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Nashville 55: Nashville leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Nashville 30: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Nashville 42: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Nashville 30: Mumbai leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Nashville 20: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Nashville.

Your match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiNashville
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m182 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiNashville
City population15,414,288689,447
People per km²25,563506
Museums within 10 km112
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.