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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License.

Agra or Dubai?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Dubai for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubai’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, Dubai 80: Dubai leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Dubai 76: Dubai leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Dubai 40: Agra leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Dubai 62: Dubai leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Dubai 25: Agra leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Dubai 45: Agra leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 62 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Dubai 42: Dubai leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Dubai 32: Agra leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Dubai 40: Dubai leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Dubai 46: Dubai leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Dubai.

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.

Dubai
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 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). Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraDubai
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)UAE Dirham (AED)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+4
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m0 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraDubai
City population1,585,7053,944,751
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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. 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.