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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License.

Agra or Cape Town?

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 Cape Town for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Cape Town’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, Cape Town 58: Cape Town leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Cape Town 60: Agra leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Cape Town 98: Cape Town leads by 68 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Cape Town 68: Agra leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Cape Town 58: Cape Town leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Cape Town 35: Cape Town leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Cape Town 50: Cape Town leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Cape Town 72: Agra leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Cape Town 52: Cape Town leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Cape Town 45: Cape Town leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Cape Town.

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.

Cape Town
Best match
61match

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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgraCape Town

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). Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraCape Town
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m5 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraCape Town
City population1,585,7053,776,313
People per km²8,4171,538
Museums within 10 km022
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.