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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Luxor?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Luxor leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Luxor 30: Agra leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Luxor 10: Luxor leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Luxor 32: Luxor leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Luxor 62: Agra leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Luxor 30: Luxor leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Luxor 35: Luxor leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Luxor 25: Agra leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Agra and Luxor are level on 90.
Live music & performing arts. Agra and Luxor are level on 10.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Luxor 28: Luxor leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Luxor.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Agra
36match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights 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
14 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
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.

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraLuxor
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation171 m89 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraLuxor
City population1,585,705202,232
People per km²8,417486
Museums within 10 km04
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. 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.