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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Toronto 70: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Toronto 50: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Toronto 52: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai and Toronto are level on 66.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Toronto 34: Mumbai leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiToronto
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m76 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiToronto
City population15,414,2882,794,356
People per km²25,5634,434
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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.