New Delhi
(India)GHSL urban centre
womiin Score · to live
57
Position 118 of 171 · 90% interval 117–123 · tie group 29
The order with the next city is not resolved.
Order not resolved with Brazzaville
Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (65)
34 – 77
Per resident 57 · by area 48
womiin Score · to visit
34
Position 136 of 171 · 90% interval 132–139 · tie group 23
The order with the next city is not resolved.
Order not resolved with Yamoussoukro, Accra, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Nay Pyi Taw, Lomé
Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (46)
12 – 58
Per resident 34 · by area 26
The two shapes
To live
Education40
Transport61
Health56
Services60
Environment67
Food & drink52
Culture80
Safety43
To visit
Culture & attractions27
Food29
Mobility37
Convenience41
Nature & beach39
Entertainment24
Safety57
Family27
Among the capitals
→ to live · ↑ to visit · lines: medians
New Delhimedian of the capitals, dimension by dimension (not the shape of any city)
To live
The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.
To visit
The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.
About the data
How complete OpenStreetMap is in this city (buildings, contributors, opening hours, essentials per resident). Lower completeness means wider uncertainty; the city stays in the ranking.
No indicator without data in this city. Edition 2026, frozen.
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How to cite
womiin (2026). womiin City Index, edition 2026 — New Delhi. womiin.com/city-index/2026/new-delhi. CC BY 4.0.
Data, licences and sources
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Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
Zone files (one per city): ODbL 1.0, with their own checksums.
The licensing framework of this data is under legal review (ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03, Global Solar Atlas 2.0, WRI Aqueduct Floods, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports).
The womiin City Index is informational. It is not advice.
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The 14 sources of this edition
- ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 — annual PM2.5, 0.1°, 2024 · V6.GL.03, 2024CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
- CAMS global reanalysis EAC4 (cams-global-reanalysis-eac4), 2024, 3-hourly · EAC4, 2024CC BY 4.0
- CAMS European air quality reanalysis (interim), ensemble, 2024, hourly, 0.1° · interim ensemble reanalysis, 2024CC BY 4.0
- Global Solar Atlas 2.0 — GHI (World Bank, Solargis) · Global Solar Atlas 2.0CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
- WRI Aqueduct Floods — riverine (WATCH 1980, RP25) and coastal (historical, RP25)CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
- ERA5-Land hourly (C3S), 2015–2024 · reanalysis-era5-land, reference period 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-31CC BY 4.0
- ERA5 single levels — FDIR, 0.25° (C3S) · reanalysis-era5-single-levels, total_sky_direct_solar_radiation_at_surface, 2015-01 to 2024-12CC BY 4.0
- M-Lab NDT (ndt7_union), 2025-Q4 · ndt7_union, 2025-Q4CC0 1.0
- OpenStreetMap (private Overpass mirror; water polygons; base versions recorded in the manifest as osm_base_version_*) · planet date per edition (manifest osm_base_version_*)ODbL 1.0 · legal review pending
- GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A (GHS-UCDB) · R2024A V1-2CC BY 4.0
- GHS-POP and GHS-BUILT-S E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-seconds · E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-secondsCC BY 4.0
- Natural Earth (10m lakes; 10m populated places; 50m land / admin-0 where the climate grid and the F1 list use them) · 10m lakes 5.0.0; 10m populated places 5.1.2Public domain
- Wikidata (UN members; airport patronage P3872)CC0 1.0
- OurAirports (airports.csv)Public domain · legal review pending
Attributions
- PM2.5 outside Europe: Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis (SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03).
- Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS global reanalysis EAC4). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
- Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS European air quality reanalyses). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
- © 2021 The World Bank, source: Global Solar Atlas 2.0, Solargis
- Flood hazard: World Resources Institute, Aqueduct Floods.
- Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [2015–2024]. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
- Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
- The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2025-10-01–2025-12-31. https://measurementlab.net/tests/ndt
- Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
- © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-UCDB R2024A).
- © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-POP R2023A, GHS-BUILT-S R2023A).