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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Agra or Budapest?

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

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

Choose Budapest for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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, Budapest 25: Budapest leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Agra and Budapest are level on 80.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 71 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Budapest 58: Budapest leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Budapest 68: Agra leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Budapest 62: Agra leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 83 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Budapest.

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.

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 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). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraBudapest
Official languageHindi, EnglishHungarian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Forint (HUF)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m117 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraBudapest
City population1,585,7051,675,777
People per km²8,4173,191
Museums within 10 km081
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. 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.