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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Santiago?

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

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Santiago for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Santiago 60: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Santiago 52: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Santiago 52: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Santiago 58: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai and Santiago are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Santiago 37: Santiago leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Santiago.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santiago
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSantiago
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation14 m575 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSantiago
City population15,414,2886,257,516
People per km²25,5637,468
Museums within 10 km154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.