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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

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

Agra or Hanoi?

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 Hanoi for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hanoi’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, Hanoi 6: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Hanoi 72: Agra leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Hanoi 52: Hanoi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Hanoi 58: Agra leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Hanoi 35: Hanoi leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Hanoi 36: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Hanoi 46: Hanoi leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Hanoi.

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.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 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.

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraHanoi
Official languageHindi, EnglishVietnamese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation171 m10 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraHanoi
City population1,585,7058,717,600
People per km²8,4172,595
Museums within 10 km014
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. 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.