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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Luang Prabang?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Luang Prabang leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Agra and Luang Prabang are level on 42.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Luang Prabang 65: Agra leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Luang Prabang 8: Luang Prabang leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Luang Prabang 35: Agra leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Luang Prabang 38: Luang Prabang leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Agra and Luang Prabang are level on 38.
Affordability. Agra 90, Luang Prabang 80: Agra leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Luang Prabang 18: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
Best match
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgraLuang Prabang

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). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraLuang Prabang
Official languageHindi, EnglishLao
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation171 m305 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraLuang Prabang
City population1,585,70553,792
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.