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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Penang?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Penang for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’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, Penang 44: Penang leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Penang 86: Penang leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Penang 70: Agra leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Penang 40: Penang leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Penang 55: Penang leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Penang 42: Agra leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Penang 52: Penang leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Penang 40: Penang leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Penang 42: Penang leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Penang 78: Agra leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Penang 30: Penang leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Penang 42: Penang leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Penang.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Penang
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and beaches 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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
30 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraPenang
Official languageHindi, EnglishMalay
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112999
Elevation171 m4 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraPenang
City population1,585,705794,313
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km09
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. 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.