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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Ubud?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Ubud 60: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Ubud 58: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Ubud 15: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Ubud 10: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Ubud 52: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Ubud 47: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 72 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Ubud.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiUbud
Official languageHindi, EnglishIndonesian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m210 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiUbud
City population15,414,288-
People per km²25,563-
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.