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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Agra or Bath?

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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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, Bath 10: Bath leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Bath 44: Bath leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Bath 68: Agra leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Bath 30: Bath leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Bath 58: Bath leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Bath 80: Bath leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Bath 50: Bath leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Bath 72: Bath leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Bath 54: Bath leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Bath 27: Agra leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Bath 44: Bath leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Bath 78: Bath leads by 63 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Bath.

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.

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraBath
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112 or 999
Elevation171 m132 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraBath
City population1,585,70594,092
People per km²8,4173,245
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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