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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Agra or Paphos?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Paphos 45: Paphos leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Paphos 62: Agra leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Paphos 64: Agra leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Paphos 25: Agra leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Paphos 52: Agra leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Paphos 22: Paphos leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Paphos.

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.

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
27 °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.

Paphos 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). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraPaphos
Official languageHindi, EnglishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m72 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraPaphos
City population1,585,70535,961
People per km²8,4171,987
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.