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The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Udaipur or Xi'an?

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 Udaipur for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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. Udaipur 5, Xi'an 4: Udaipur leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Udaipur 42, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Udaipur 66, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Udaipur 18, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Udaipur 44, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Udaipur 68, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Udaipur 32, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Udaipur 28, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Udaipur 48, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Udaipur 86, Xi'an 80: Udaipur leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Udaipur 32, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Udaipur 45, Xi'an 40: Udaipur leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Udaipur and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Udaipur
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Udaipur in July

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

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. Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUdaipurXi'an
Official languageHindi, EnglishPutonghua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation578 m405 m
Main airportMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureUdaipurXi'an
City population451,10012,952,907
People per km²12,1921,283
Museums within 10 km39
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.