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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Cusco?

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
  • families

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

Choose Cusco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Cusco’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 and Cusco are level on 3.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Cusco 56: Cusco leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Cusco 81: Cusco leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Cusco 42: Cusco leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Cusco 86: Cusco leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Cusco 78: Cusco leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Cusco 10: Agra leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Cusco 48: Cusco leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Cusco 52: Cusco leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Cusco 73: Agra leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Cusco 30: Cusco leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Cusco 33: Cusco leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Cusco.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Cusco
Best match
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
11 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.

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraCusco
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112111 or 911
Elevation171 m3,399 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraCusco
City population1,585,705428,450
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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. 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.