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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Positano?

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 Positano for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Positano 40: Mumbai leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Positano 22: Mumbai leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Positano 22: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Positano 80: Positano leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Positano 88: Positano leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Positano 28: Mumbai leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Positano 35: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Positano 45: Mumbai leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Positano 10: Mumbai leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Positano 15: Mumbai leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Positano 45: Positano leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Positano.

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.

Positano
42match

Wins on beaches 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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPositano
Official languageHindi, EnglishItalian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m142 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPositano
City population15,414,2883,729
People per km²25,563429
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.