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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Agra or Chiang Mai?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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, Chiang Mai 6: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Chiang Mai 65: Agra leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Chiang Mai 45: Chiang Mai leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Chiang Mai 73: Chiang Mai leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Chiang Mai 48: Agra leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Chiang Mai 55: Chiang Mai leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Chiang Mai 38: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Agra and Chiang Mai are level on 90.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Chiang Mai 30: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 67 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraChiang Mai
Official languageHindi, EnglishThai
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation171 m310 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraChiang Mai
City population1,585,7051,198,000
People per km²8,4172,958
Museums within 10 km06
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. 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.