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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License.

Agra or Kyoto?

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

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

Choose Kyoto for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Kyoto’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, Kyoto 15: Kyoto leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Kyoto 85: Kyoto leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Kyoto 35: Kyoto leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Kyoto 68: Kyoto leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Kyoto 50: Agra leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Kyoto 60: Kyoto leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Kyoto.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on wellness 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraKyoto
Official languageHindi, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation171 m51 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraKyoto
City population1,585,7051,463,723
People per km²8,4171,768
Museums within 10 km077
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.