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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Agra or Osaka?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Osaka 63: Agra leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 73 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Osaka 58: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 68 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Osaka 60: Agra leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Osaka.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife and families 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraOsaka
Official languageHindi, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation171 m20 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraOsaka
City population1,585,7052,751,862
People per km²8,41712,340
Museums within 10 km044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.