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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Atlanta?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’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, Atlanta 10: Atlanta leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Atlanta 68: Atlanta leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Atlanta 55: Agra leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Atlanta 65: Atlanta leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Atlanta 60: Atlanta leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Atlanta 52: Agra leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Atlanta 70: Atlanta leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Agra and Atlanta are level on 28.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Atlanta 50: Atlanta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Atlanta 40: Agra leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Atlanta 62: Atlanta leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Atlanta 33: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Atlanta.

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.

Atlanta
Best match
49match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
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.

Atlanta 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). Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAtlanta
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m225 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAtlanta
City population1,585,705498,715
People per km²8,4171,433
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.