Delhi
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About
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a megacity and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. Delhi became a union territory on 1 November 1956 and the NCT in 1995. The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million.
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Why visit
Visit Delhi for music, theater, and performance, literature, bookshops, and universities, markets, streets, food, and public squares. Use Delhi to connect cultural institutions with streets, food, public space, and nearby landscape rather than treating each stop separately. A good itinerary should stay selective. Use one main anchor in Delhi, then build outward only to places that sit naturally nearby. That keeps the visit to Delhi legible and leaves time for ordinary streets to do their work. Day trips from Delhi work best when they change the reader's understanding of the base, not just the mileage.
When to avoid
Do not visit Delhi expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. In Delhi, a good plan starts with the constraints, not with the number of sights. In Delhi, it is better to build a tight route than to rely on long transfers between secondary stops. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Delhi as a base rather than the whole destination.
Delhi Summer (April to June)
June through August are the period when heat, daylight, crowds, or humidity most affect a visit to Delhi. The hot season in Delhi is better handled through shade, water, and morning or evening walks. A warm day in Delhi works better when outdoor sites are placed at the edges and interiors carry the center. In Delhi, choose this season when outdoor time, long evenings, festivals, or nearby landscapes matter more than museum pacing. The calendar matters in Delhi, especially when festivals, holidays, and reduced performance seasons overlap.
Winter Season (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Delhi. The cooler season in Delhi often improves daytime walking while making nights sharper. For Delhi, ask how much the season limits walking, transport, and day trips, not just what the thermometer says. The season suits Delhi best when museums, churches, cafes, galleries, and short neighborhood walks form the structure of the day. A cold or wet day in Delhi works best with shorter walks, confirmed hours, and a clear way back to lodging.
The next week in Delhi
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
40° / 27°
UV High
Sat
Partly cloudy
39° / 26°
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Sun
Partly cloudy
41° / 27°
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Mon
Clear
42° / 28°
UV High
Tue
Clear
43° / 30°
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Wed
Clear
43° / 29°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
47° / 18°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.6h
05:30 – 19:04local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Delhi
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) at 17 km.
Getting around Delhi
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
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