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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Agra?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Agra for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Agra’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. Acapulco 80, Agra 3: Acapulco leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Agra 42: Acapulco leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Agra 80: Agra leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Agra 7: Acapulco leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Agra 30: Acapulco leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Agra 70: Agra leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Agra 20: Acapulco leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Agra 28: Acapulco leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Agra 38: Agra leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Agra 90: Agra leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Agra 10: Acapulco leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Agra 15: Acapulco leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Agra.

Your match

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

Acapulco
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

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

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. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoAgra
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaHindi, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation18 m171 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoAgra
City population658,6091,585,705
People per km²3508,417
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.