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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Mombasa?

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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Mombasa 55: Agra leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Mombasa 45: Agra leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Mombasa 45: Mombasa leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Mombasa 30: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Mombasa 35: Agra leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Mombasa 70: Agra leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Mombasa 22: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Mombasa.

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.

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraMombasa
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation171 m50 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraMombasa
City population1,585,7051,208,333
People per km²8,4174,100
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.