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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Shanghai?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Shanghai leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Shanghai 72: Agra leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 73 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Shanghai 25: Agra leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 60 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Shanghai 55: Agra leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Shanghai.

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.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °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). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraShanghai
Official languageHindi, EnglishPutonghua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation171 m4 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraShanghai
City population1,585,70524,870,895
People per km²8,4173,922
Museums within 10 km045
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.