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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Annecy?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Annecy for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Annecy’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, Annecy 55: Annecy leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Annecy 50: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Annecy 38: Agra leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Annecy 25: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Annecy 92: Annecy leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Agra and Annecy are level on 70.
Good for families. Agra 20, Annecy 60: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Annecy 62: Annecy leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Annecy 35: Agra leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Annecy 35: Agra leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Annecy 33: Annecy leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Annecy 48: Annecy leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Annecy.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Annecy in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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.

Annecy 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.

Annecy's sunshine is measured 39 km from the centre, at Geneve-Cointrin.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Annecy: 2007-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Annecy / Metz-Tessy (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAnnecy
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m418 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAnnecy
City population1,585,705132,117
People per km²8,4171,975
Museums within 10 km01
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. 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.