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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Agra or Granada?

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

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

Choose Granada for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Granada leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Granada 62: Granada leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Agra and Granada are level on 80.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Granada 58: Granada leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Granada 80: Granada leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Granada 76: Granada leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Granada 52: Granada leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Granada 68: Granada leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Granada 40: Granada leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Granada 63: Agra leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Granada 58: Granada leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Granada 48: Granada leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Granada.

Your match

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Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
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). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraGranada
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m693 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraGranada
City population1,585,705233,975
People per km²8,4172,659
Museums within 10 km020
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.