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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Medellin?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Medellin for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Medellin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Medellin 42: Agra leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 69 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Medellin 66: Medellin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Medellin 58: Agra leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Medellin 50: Medellin leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Medellin 55: Medellin leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Medellin 80: Agra leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Medellin 30: Medellin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Medellin.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Medellin
Best match
51match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
12 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.

Medellin 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). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraMedellin
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112123
Elevation171 m1,405 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraMedellin
City population1,585,7052,529,403
People per km²8,4176,644
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.