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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Agra or Lucerne?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Lucerne leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Lucerne 35: Agra leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Lucerne 58: Agra leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Lucerne 28: Lucerne leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Lucerne 8: Agra leads by 82 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Lucerne.

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.

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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.

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraLucerne
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m436 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraLucerne
City population1,585,70586,234
People per km²8,4172,963
Museums within 10 km014
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.