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
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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