Agra City Information
Agra is city located on the banks of the Yamuna River in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Notnotably it discovers specify in the epic Mahabharata when it was called Agrabana , or Paradise. Tradition and legned ascribe the present city of Raja Badal Singh around 1475 whose fort, Badalgarh stood on or near the site of the present Fort. However , the 12th century Persian poet Salman writes of a desperate assault on the fortress of Agra, then held by on King Jaipal, by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. It was ruled by Sultan Sikandar Lodi in the year 1506. It achieved fame as capital of the Mughal emperors from 1526 to 1658 and remanis a major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal – era buildings, most notably the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri, all three of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
How To Reach Agra
Agra city is having very good connection with Road , Rail and Air and Taj City is part of Golden Triangle Trip India.
Air: Agra airport ((IATA: AGR, ICAO: VIAG) is about 6 km away from the main city, has flights to the major metropolitan such as Delhi and Mumbai.
Rail: There are four railway stations in Agra – Agra Cantt, Raja Ki Mandi, Agra Fort & Idgah Agra Junction. The city is well connected by trains services to all the important cities in India. There are manysuper fast express trains connecting Agra from Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata.
Road :Buses ply to all major cities. Some important road distances from Agra to Delhi 204 KM, Bharatpur 57 KM, Lucknow -369 KM, Mathura -54 KM, Nanital – 353 KM, Varanasi – 605 KM, Khajuraho – 400 KM.
Agra Tourism
The major tourist attractions of Agra
- Taj Mahal
- Jama Masjid
- Agra Fort
- Chini ka Rauza
- Fatehpur Sikri
- I’timad-Ud-Daulah’s Tomb
- Swami Bagh Samadhi
- Gurudwara Guru ka Taal
- Mankameshwar Temple
- Keetham Lake
- The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Akbar’s Tomb, Sikandra
- Mariam’s Tomb
- Ram Bagh
- Mughal Heritage Walk
- Mehtab Bagh
Shopping in Agra
| Climate data for Agra, India | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
35.6 (96.1) |
42.8 (109) |
46.5 (115.7) |
48.6 (119.5) |
48.5 (119.3) |
46.5 (115.7) |
43.0 (109.4) |
41.4 (106.5) |
41.1 (106) |
36.1 (97) |
31.0 (87.8) |
48.6 (119.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
38.5 (101.3) |
41.6 (106.9) |
40.7 (105.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.3 (93.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
17.8 (64) |
24.0 (75.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.6 (94.3) |
31.1 (88) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.2 (28) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.0 (50) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.8 (37) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−2.2 (28) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 13.2 (0.52) |
17.6 (0.693) |
9.3 (0.366) |
6.3 (0.248) |
11.3 (0.445) |
55.7 (2.193) |
203.3 (8.004) |
243.2 (9.575) |
129.7 (5.106) |
24.8 (0.976) |
4.3 (0.169) |
6.1 (0.24) |
724.8 (28.535) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 49.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 34 | 46 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 54 | 56 | 64 | 56 |
