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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Agra or Nairobi?

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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Nairobi 35: Agra leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Nairobi 28: Agra leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Nairobi 20: Agra leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Nairobi 60: Agra leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Nairobi 25: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Nairobi.

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.

Nairobi
Best match
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraNairobi
City population1,585,7055,545,000
People per km²8,4177,967
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.