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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Bologna?

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 Bologna for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’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, Bologna 30: Bologna leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Bologna 82: Bologna leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Bologna 77: Agra leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Bologna 58: Bologna leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Bologna 52: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Bologna 95: Bologna leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Bologna 50: Bologna leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Bologna 76: Bologna leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Bologna 55: Bologna leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Bologna 48: Agra leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Bologna 60: Bologna leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Bologna 40: Bologna leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Bologna.

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.

Bologna
Best match
60match

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
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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.

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraBologna
Official languageHindi, EnglishItalian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m54 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraBologna
City population1,585,705387,971
People per km²8,4172,754
Museums within 10 km068
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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.