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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Plovdiv?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Plovdiv for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Plovdiv’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, Plovdiv 7: Mumbai leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Plovdiv 50: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Plovdiv 66: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Plovdiv 42: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Plovdiv 68: Plovdiv leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Plovdiv 70: Plovdiv leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Plovdiv 40: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Plovdiv 65: Plovdiv leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Plovdiv 33: Mumbai leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Plovdiv 78: Plovdiv leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Plovdiv 42: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Plovdiv 44: Plovdiv leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Plovdiv.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPlovdiv
Official languageHindi, EnglishBulgarian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m172 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPlovdiv
City population15,414,288333,994
People per km²25,5633,274
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.