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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Esplanade boardwalk and its palms, Cairns
CairnsThe Esplanade boardwalk and its palms

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Cairns by Donaldytong, Public domain.

Agra or Cairns?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Cairns for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairns’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, Cairns 62: Cairns leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Cairns 40: Agra leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Cairns 22: Agra leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Cairns 42: Cairns leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Cairns 95: Cairns leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Cairns 45: Agra leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Cairns 66: Cairns leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Cairns 45: Cairns leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Cairns 28: Agra leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Cairns 35: Agra leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Cairns 22: Cairns leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Cairns 45: Cairns leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Cairns.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Cairns
Best match
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Cairns in July

24 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
30 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
11 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.

Cairns's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Green Island Aws.

Cairns 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). Cairns: 1993-2010 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Green Island Aws (27 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraCairns
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+10
Emergency number108 or 112000
Elevation171 m7 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCairns International Airport (CNS)6 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraCairns
City population1,585,705146,778
People per km²8,417301
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.