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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Tampa?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Tampa 57: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Tampa 42: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai and Tampa are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai and Tampa are level on 55.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Tampa 54: Tampa leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Tampa 22: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Tampa 40: Mumbai leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Tampa 40: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Tampa 47: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Tampa 30: Tampa leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiTampa
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m30 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiTampa
City population15,414,288384,959
People per km²25,563848
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. 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.