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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Mumbai or New Orleans?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, New Orleans 67: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, New Orleans 42: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, New Orleans 52: New Orleans leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, New Orleans 54: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, New Orleans 40: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, New Orleans 25: New Orleans leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

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

New Orleans
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MumbaiNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiNew Orleans
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 m-2 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiNew Orleans
City population15,414,288383,997
People per km²25,563423
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 months

Where else could you go?

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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.