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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Antigua Guatemala?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Antigua Guatemala for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Antigua Guatemala’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, Antigua Guatemala 6: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Antigua Guatemala 48: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Antigua Guatemala 68: Agra leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Antigua Guatemala 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Antigua Guatemala 78: Antigua Guatemala leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Antigua Guatemala 55: Agra leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Antigua Guatemala 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Antigua Guatemala 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Antigua Guatemala 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Antigua Guatemala 67: Agra leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Antigua Guatemala 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Antigua Guatemala 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Antigua Guatemala.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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
14 hdaylight a day

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgraAntigua Guatemala

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.

Antigua Guatemala 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. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAntigua Guatemala
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Quetzal (GTQ)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123
Elevation171 m1,582 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAntigua Guatemala
City population1,585,70559,091
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.