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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • families
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 60 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Tokyo 48: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiTokyo
Official languageHindi, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation14 m6 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiTokyo
City population15,414,28814,264,798
People per km²25,5636,501
Museums within 10 km1192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.