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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Cartagena?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Cartagena’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, Cartagena 70: Cartagena leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Cartagena 62: Cartagena leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Cartagena 68: Agra leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Cartagena 70: Cartagena leads by 63 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Cartagena 46: Cartagena leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Cartagena 33: Agra leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Cartagena 40: Cartagena leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Cartagena 54: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Cartagena 48: Cartagena leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Cartagena 60: Agra leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Cartagena 40: Cartagena leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Cartagena 40: Cartagena leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Cartagena.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Cartagena
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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). Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraCartagena
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112123
Elevation171 m2 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraCartagena
City population1,585,705914,552
People per km²8,4171,599
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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.