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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License.

Agadir 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 Agadir for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Agra for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • 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. Agadir 72, Agra 3: Agadir leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Agra 42: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Agra 80: Agra leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Agra 7: Agadir leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Agra 30: Agadir leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Agra 70: Agra leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Agra 20: Agadir leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Agra 28: Agadir leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir and Agra are level on 38.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Agra 90: Agra leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Agra 10: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Agra 15: Agadir leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Agra.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Agra
36match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Agadir in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Agra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
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

Agadir 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.

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. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirAgra
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightHindi, English
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15108 or 112
Elevation74 m171 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirAgra
City population538,0001,585,705
People per km²-8,417
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.