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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Pensacola?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Pensacola 45: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Pensacola 45: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Pensacola 42: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Pensacola 45: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Pensacola 18: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Pensacola 28: Mumbai leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Pensacola 44: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Pensacola 36: Mumbai leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Pensacola 30: Pensacola leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MumbaiPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPensacola
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 m31 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPensacola
City population15,414,28854,312
People per km²25,563515
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.