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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Salvador?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Salvador 66: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Salvador 52: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Salvador 56: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Salvador 42: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Salvador 70: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Salvador.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSalvador
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-3
Emergency number108 or 112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation14 m8 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSalvador
City population15,414,2882,417,678
People per km²25,5633,489
Museums within 10 km149
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.