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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral

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

Agra or Avignon?

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

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

Choose Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’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, Avignon 22: Avignon leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Avignon 57: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Avignon 69: Agra leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Avignon 30: Avignon leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Avignon 70: Avignon leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Avignon 92: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Avignon 45: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Avignon 62: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Agra and Avignon are level on 38.
Affordability. Agra 90, Avignon 44: Agra leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Avignon 68: Avignon leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Avignon 35: Avignon leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Avignon.

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.

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 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.

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraAvignon
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 m10 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraAvignon
City population1,585,70592,188
People per km²8,4171,420
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46

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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.