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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Chengdu?

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

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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, Chengdu 5: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Chengdu 60: Agra leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Chengdu 80: Agra leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Chengdu.

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.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife 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
14 hdaylight a day

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraChengdu
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 m500 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraChengdu
City population1,585,70520,937,757
People per km²8,4171,456
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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