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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License.

Agra or Colombo?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Colombo for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Colombo’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, Colombo 55: Colombo leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Colombo 66: Colombo leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Colombo 45: Agra leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Colombo 35: Colombo leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Colombo 32: Colombo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Colombo 50: Agra leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Colombo 35: Colombo leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Colombo 35: Colombo leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Colombo 78: Agra leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Colombo 30: Colombo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Colombo 48: Colombo leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Colombo.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Colombo
Best match
46match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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). Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraColombo
Official languageHindi, EnglishTamil, Sinhala
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+5:30
Emergency number108 or 112Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation171 m1 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraColombo
City population1,585,705647,557
People per km²8,41717,361
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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. 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.