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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família

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

Agra or Barcelona?

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 Barcelona for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Barcelona’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, Barcelona 75: Barcelona leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Barcelona 82: Barcelona leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Barcelona 86: Barcelona leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Barcelona 82: Barcelona leads by 75 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Barcelona 72: Barcelona leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Barcelona 80: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Barcelona 76: Barcelona leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Barcelona 80: Barcelona leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Barcelona 75: Barcelona leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Barcelona 44: Agra leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Barcelona 70: Barcelona leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Barcelona 38: Barcelona leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Barcelona.

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.

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraBarcelona
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
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 m9 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraBarcelona
City population1,585,7051,731,649
People per km²8,41717,094
Museums within 10 km095
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

Where else could you go?

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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.