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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Agra or Seoul?

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 Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Seoul 75: Agra leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 77 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 60 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Seoul 50: Agra leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Seoul.

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.

Seoul
Best match
71match

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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraSeoul
Official languageHindi, EnglishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation171 m38 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraSeoul
City population1,585,7059,668,465
People per km²8,41715,973
Museums within 10 km081
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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.