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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or AlUla?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Agra for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Agra’s own page.

Choose AlUla for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on AlUla’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Agra and AlUla are level on 3.
Food & drink. Agra 42, AlUla 28: Agra leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, AlUla 70: Agra leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, AlUla 5: Agra leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, AlUla 72: AlUla leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, AlUla 20: Agra leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, AlUla 35: AlUla leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, AlUla 15: Agra leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, AlUla 15: Agra leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, AlUla 18: Agra leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, AlUla 28: AlUla leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, AlUla 45: AlUla leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and AlUla.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Agra
Best match
36match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

AlUla
30match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Agra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgraAlUla

Where the figures come from

Agra has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAlUla
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Saudi Riyal (SAR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112112 or 911
Elevation171 m692 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAlUla
City population1,585,70532,413
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.