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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or New York?

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

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

Choose New York for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: New York leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, New York 92: New York leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, New York 89: New York leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, New York 97: New York leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai and New York are level on 55.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, New York 68: New York leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, New York 70: New York leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, New York 82: New York leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, New York 97: New York leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, New York 12: Mumbai leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, New York 99: New York leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, New York 42: New York leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and New York.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and getting around 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 York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MumbaiNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiNew York
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m25 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiNew York
City population15,414,2888,804,190
People per km²25,5637,256
Museums within 10 km1157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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.