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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Cologne?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Cologne for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Cologne’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, Cologne 14: Cologne leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Cologne 52: Cologne leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Cologne 67: Agra leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Cologne 66: Cologne leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Cologne 56: Cologne leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Cologne 80: Cologne leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Cologne 70: Cologne leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Cologne 74: Cologne leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Cologne 57: Cologne leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Cologne 46: Agra leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Cologne 68: Cologne leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Cologne 50: Cologne leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Cologne.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Cologne
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraCologne
Official languageHindi, EnglishGerman
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m59 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraCologne
City population1,585,7051,025,523
People per km²8,4172,532
Museums within 10 km040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.