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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Agra or Johannesburg?

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 Johannesburg for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Johannesburg 56: Agra leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Johannesburg 52: Agra leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Johannesburg 42: Johannesburg leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Johannesburg 18: Agra leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Johannesburg 72: Agra leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Johannesburg 28: Johannesburg leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Johannesburg.

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.

Johannesburg
Best match
47match

Wins on nightlife 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
14 hdaylight a day

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 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). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraJohannesburg
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m1,753 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraJohannesburg
City population1,585,7054,803,262
People per km²8,4172,922
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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.