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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Agra or Ghent?

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 Ghent for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Ghent 72: Agra leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Ghent 55: Ghent leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Ghent 35: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Ghent 38: Agra leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Ghent 60: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Ghent 33: Ghent leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Ghent.

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.

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraGhent
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m12 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraGhent
City population1,585,705272,657
People per km²8,4171,728
Museums within 10 km030
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.