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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License.

Agra or Beijing?

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

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

Choose Beijing for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Beijing’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, Beijing 6: Beijing leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Beijing 81: Beijing leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Beijing 93: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Beijing 58: Beijing leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Beijing 60: Beijing leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Beijing 85: Beijing leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Beijing 64: Beijing leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Beijing 69: Beijing leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Beijing 72: Beijing leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Beijing 68: Agra leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Beijing 68: Beijing leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Beijing 55: Beijing leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Beijing.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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). Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraBeijing
Official languageHindi, EnglishPutonghua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation171 m43 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraBeijing
City population1,585,70521,893,095
People per km²8,4171,334
Museums within 10 km083
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46

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