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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License.

Agra or Baku?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Baku for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Baku’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, Baku 40: Baku leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Baku 60: Baku leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Baku 62: Agra leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Baku 42: Baku leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra and Baku are level on 30.
Day trips. Agra 70, Baku 45: Agra leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Baku 45: Baku leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Baku 58: Baku leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Baku 48: Baku leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Baku 64: Agra leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Baku 52: Baku leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Baku 30: Baku leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Baku.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Baku
Best match
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraBaku
Official languageHindi, EnglishAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Azerbaijan Manat (AZN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+4
Emergency number108 or 112102 or 112
Elevation171 m-28 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraBaku
City population1,585,7052,300,500
People per km²8,4171,075
Museums within 10 km050
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.