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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Mumbai or Sydney?

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 Sydney for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Sydney 77: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Sydney 60: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Sydney 50: Sydney leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Sydney 22: Mumbai leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Sydney.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSydney
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112000
Elevation14 m6 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSydney
City population15,414,2885,450,496
People per km²25,563449
Museums within 10 km138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.