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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Guilin?

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 Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’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, Guilin 8: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Guilin 40: Agra leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Guilin 56: Agra leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Guilin 28: Agra leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Guilin 78: Agra leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Guilin.

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.

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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
14 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
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). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraGuilin
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 m153 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraGuilin
City population1,585,7054,931,137
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. 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.