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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License.

Agra or Amsterdam?

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 Amsterdam for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Amsterdam’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, Amsterdam 25: Amsterdam leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Amsterdam 58: Amsterdam leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Amsterdam 82: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Amsterdam 77: Amsterdam leads by 70 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Amsterdam 47: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Amsterdam 87: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Amsterdam 72: Amsterdam leads by 52 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Amsterdam 86: Amsterdam leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Amsterdam 68: Amsterdam leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Amsterdam 22: Agra leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Amsterdam 78: Amsterdam leads by 68 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Amsterdam 42: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Amsterdam.

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.

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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.

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAmsterdam
Official languageHindi, EnglishDutch
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m-2 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAmsterdam
City population1,585,705921,468
People per km²8,4174,208
Museums within 10 km0101
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.