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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Mumbai or Phuket?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Phuket for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Phuket’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, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Phuket 66: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Phuket 35: Mumbai leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Phuket 80: Phuket leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Phuket 45: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Phuket 65: Phuket leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Phuket 22: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Phuket 42: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Phuket 68: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Phuket 20: Mumbai leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Phuket 82: Phuket leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Phuket.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Phuket
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPhuket
Official languageHindi, EnglishThai
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation14 m19 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPhuket
City population15,414,28877,610
People per km²25,5636,468
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.