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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Plovdiv or Udaipur?

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 Plovdiv for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Udaipur’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. Plovdiv 7, Udaipur 5: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Udaipur 42: Plovdiv leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv and Udaipur are level on 66.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Udaipur 18: Plovdiv leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Udaipur 44: Plovdiv leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Udaipur 68: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Udaipur 32: Plovdiv leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Udaipur 28: Plovdiv leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Udaipur 48: Udaipur leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Udaipur 86: Udaipur leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Udaipur 32: Plovdiv leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Udaipur 45: Udaipur leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Udaipur
43match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Udaipur in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
257 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PlovdivUdaipur

Where the figures come from

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Udaipur 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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivUdaipur
Official languageBulgarianHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation172 m578 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivUdaipur
City population333,994451,100
People per km²3,27412,192
Museums within 10 km183
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.