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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
IstanbulThe Blue Mosque

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Istanbul by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Agra or Istanbul?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Istanbul for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Istanbul’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, Istanbul 45: Istanbul leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Istanbul 87: Istanbul leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Istanbul 90: Istanbul leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Istanbul 77: Istanbul leads by 70 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Istanbul 52: Istanbul leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Istanbul 55: Agra leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Istanbul 55: Istanbul leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Istanbul 62: Istanbul leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Istanbul 86: Istanbul leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Istanbul 60: Agra leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Istanbul 62: Istanbul leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Istanbul 75: Istanbul leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Istanbul.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Istanbul
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife 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

Istanbul in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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). Istanbul: 1991-2020 normals, Istanbul / Goztepe (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraIstanbul
Official languageHindi, EnglishTurkish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m100 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsİstanbul Airport (IST)36 km from centre343 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraIstanbul
City population1,585,70515,655,924
People per km²8,4172,930
Museums within 10 km073
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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. 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.