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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Agra or Manila?

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 Manila for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Manila leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Manila 64: Manila leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Manila 54: Agra leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Manila 64: Manila leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Manila 40: Manila leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Manila 42: Agra leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Manila 42: Manila leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Manila 26: Agra leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Manila 60: Manila leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Manila 77: Agra leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Manila 50: Manila leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Manila 40: Manila leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Manila.

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.

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on nightlife 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
29 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraManila
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m9 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraManila
City population1,585,7051,902,590
People per km²8,41776,104
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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. 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.