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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Agra or Amman?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Amman for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Amman’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 3, Amman 22: Amman leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Amman 62: Amman leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Amman 54: Agra leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Amman 32: Amman leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Amman 45: Amman leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Amman 80: Amman leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Amman 38: Amman leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Amman 30: Amman leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Amman 42: Amman leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Amman 58: Agra leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Amman 27: Amman leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Amman 55: Amman leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Amman.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Amman
Best match
45match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Amman in July

33 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Amman 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.

Amman's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Mafraq.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Amman: 1994-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Amman Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAmman
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m776 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAmman
City population1,585,7054,007,526
People per km²8,4172,385
Museums within 10 km08
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.