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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Kathmandu?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Kathmandu 36: Kathmandu leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Kathmandu 70: Kathmandu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Kathmandu 56: Agra leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Agra and Kathmandu are level on 20.
Getting around. Agra 28, Kathmandu 25: Agra leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Kathmandu 28: Kathmandu leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Kathmandu.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraKathmandu
Official languageHindi, EnglishNepali
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+5:45
Emergency number108 or 112Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation171 m1,300 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraKathmandu
City population1,585,705845,767
People per km²8,41717,121
Museums within 10 km09
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.