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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile

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

Agra or Aswan?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Aswan for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Aswan’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, Aswan 10: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Aswan 30: Agra leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Aswan 64: Agra leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Aswan 8: Aswan leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Aswan 45: Aswan leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Aswan 52: Agra leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Aswan 32: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Aswan 40: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Aswan 30: Agra leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Aswan 92: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Aswan 14: Aswan leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Aswan 40: Aswan leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Aswan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Aswan
38match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Aswan in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °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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AgraAswan

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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAswan
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation171 m99 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAswan
City population1,585,705401,890
People per km²8,4171,072
Museums within 10 km03
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

Where else could you go?

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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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.