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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Mumbai or Samarkand?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Samarkand 54: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Samarkand 14: Mumbai leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Samarkand 40: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Samarkand 30: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Samarkand 42: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Samarkand 24: Mumbai leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Samarkand 32: Samarkand leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSamarkand
Official languageHindi, EnglishUzbek
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+5
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m702 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSamarkand
City population15,414,288546,303
People per km²25,5635,058
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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.