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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

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

Agra or Xi'an?

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

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Xi'an leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Xi'an 80: Agra leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around 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
14 hdaylight a day

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraXi'an
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 m405 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraXi'an
City population1,585,70512,952,907
People per km²8,4171,283
Museums within 10 km09
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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. 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.