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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Siena?

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
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Siena for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Siena leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Siena 62: Siena leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Siena 78: Agra leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Siena 27: Siena leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Siena 65: Siena leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Siena 94: Siena leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Siena 38: Siena leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Siena 60: Siena leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Siena 35: Agra leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Siena 42: Agra leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Siena 36: Siena leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Siena 55: Siena leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Siena.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraSiena
Official languageHindi, EnglishItalian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m322 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraSiena
City population1,585,70552,812
People per km²8,417446
Museums within 10 km030
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45

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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. 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.