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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Tirana?

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

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tirana for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Tirana 57: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Tirana 42: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Tirana 40: Tirana leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Tirana 32: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Tirana 32: Mumbai leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Tirana 27: Tirana leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Tirana.

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 shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiTirana
Official languageHindi, EnglishAlbanian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m110 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiTirana
City population15,414,288389,323
People per km²25,5639,314
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.