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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Marrakech?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Marrakech 76: Agra leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Marrakech 28: Agra leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Marrakech 25: Marrakech leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Marrakech 72: Agra leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Marrakech 25: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness 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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 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). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraMarrakech
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 m465 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraMarrakech
City population1,585,7051,002,697
People per km²8,4174,360
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. 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.