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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Newport Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Newport Beach 50: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Newport Beach 20: Mumbai leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Newport Beach 33: Mumbai leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Newport Beach 20: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Newport Beach 62: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Newport Beach 15: Mumbai leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Newport Beach 46: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Newport Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MumbaiNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiNewport Beach
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m3 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiNewport Beach
City population15,414,28885,239
People per km²25,563622
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.