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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Agra or Madrid?

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 Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Madrid leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 78 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Madrid 60: Madrid leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Madrid 50: Agra leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 67 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Madrid 36: Madrid leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Madrid.

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.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraMadrid
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 m663 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraMadrid
City population1,585,7053,506,730
People per km²8,4175,801
Museums within 10 km088
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44

Where else could you go?

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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.