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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Salvador?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Salvador 74: Agra leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 63 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Salvador 52: Salvador leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Salvador 56: Agra leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Salvador 70: Agra leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Salvador.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraSalvador
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-3
Emergency number108 or 112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation171 m8 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraSalvador
City population1,585,7052,417,678
People per km²8,4173,489
Museums within 10 km049
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. 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.