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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Merida?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Merida for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’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, Merida 50: Merida leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Merida 72: Merida leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Merida 64: Agra leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Merida 42: Merida leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Merida 48: Merida leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Merida 80: Merida leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Merida 50: Merida leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Merida 45: Merida leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Merida 50: Merida leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Merida 75: Agra leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Merida 52: Merida leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Merida 40: Merida leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Merida.

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 prices with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Merida in July

35 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
148 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 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). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraMerida
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m12 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraMerida
City population1,585,705892,363
People per km²8,4171,010
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.