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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai or San Jose?

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 San Jose for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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, San Jose 30: San Jose leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, San Jose 56: Mumbai leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, San Jose 36: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, San Jose 33: Mumbai leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, San Jose 72: San Jose leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, San Jose 30: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, San Jose 48: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, San Jose 20: Mumbai leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, San Jose 38: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, San Jose 30: San Jose leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and San Jose.

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.

San Jose
45match

Wins on day trips and families 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

San Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MumbaiSan Jose

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSan Jose
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m25 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSan Jose
City population15,414,2881,013,240
People per km²25,5632,167
Museums within 10 km119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.