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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License.

Agra or Chicago?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Chicago for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Chicago’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, Chicago 50: Chicago leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Chicago 80: Chicago leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Chicago 78: Agra leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Chicago 77: Chicago leads by 70 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Chicago 48: Chicago leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Chicago 42: Agra leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Chicago 78: Chicago leads by 58 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Chicago 72: Chicago leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Chicago 70: Chicago leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Chicago 33: Agra leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Chicago 82: Chicago leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Chicago 33: Chicago leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Chicago.

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.

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
21 °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). Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraChicago
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m179 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraChicago
City population1,585,7052,746,388
People per km²8,4174,529
Museums within 10 km044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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. 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.