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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Agra or Jerusalem?

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 Jerusalem for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Jerusalem 20: Agra leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °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.

Jerusalem 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). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraJerusalem
Official languageHindi, EnglishHebrew
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation171 m754 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAgraJerusalem
City population1,585,7051,050,151
People per km²8,4178,374
Museums within 10 km069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km47
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.