Informal workers gather around roadside stalls selling chilled drinks on a hot afternoon in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar. Photographs: Vikas Choudhary / CSE
Climate Change
Delhi: City of two summers
Delhi’s heat hotspots are also home to half of its population who live and work outdoors with limited means of adaptation
Mitashi Singh, Rajneesh Sareen
These graphics were originally published as part of the article City of two summers in the June 16-30, 2026 print edition of Down To Earth. Subscribe for detailed analysis of Delhi's heat stress