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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Kochi?

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 Kochi for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’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, Kochi 38: Kochi leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Kochi 62: Agra leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Kochi 18: Kochi leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Kochi 55: Kochi leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Kochi 52: Agra leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Kochi 44: Kochi leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Kochi 88: Agra leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Kochi.

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.

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on wellness and beaches 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Kochi in July

27 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
439 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
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.

Kochi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAgraKochi
Official languageHindi, EnglishHindi, English
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+5:30
Emergency number108 or 112108 or 112
Elevation171 m0 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraKochi
City population1,585,705677,381
People per km²8,4177,138
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.