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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License.

Agra or Essaouira?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Essaouira for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Essaouira’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, Essaouira 47: Essaouira leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Essaouira 44: Essaouira leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Essaouira 48: Agra leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Essaouira 14: Essaouira leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Essaouira 57: Essaouira leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Essaouira 17: Agra leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Essaouira 42: Essaouira leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Essaouira 58: Essaouira leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Essaouira 44: Essaouira leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Essaouira 74: Agra leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Essaouira 28: Essaouira leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Essaouira 66: Essaouira leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Essaouira.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Essaouira
Best match
45match

Wins on wellness and beaches 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

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
20 °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.

Essaouira 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). Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraEssaouira
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1
Emergency number108 or 112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation171 m11 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraEssaouira
City population1,585,70582,962
People per km²8,41716,592
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.