The city of New Delhi, home to 13.8 million people, will host the XIX Commonwealth Games in 2010. This will be the first time India has hosted the Games and only the second time the event will be held in Asia. New Delhi won the right to host the 2010 Games by defeating the Canadian city of Hamilton by 46 votes to 22 at the CGF General Assembly held in Montego Bay in November 2003.
The proposed dates for the Games are 3 - 14 October 2010 inclusive of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Weather wise the city experiences an October mean temperature minimum 17.2 degrees centigrade and maximum 31.3 degrees centigrade with humidity ranging from 31 to 78% for the October and November months.
