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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Agra or Mexico City?

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 Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Mexico City leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 73 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Mexico City 75: Agra leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Mexico City.

Your match

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Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraMexico City
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 m2,240 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraMexico City
City population1,585,7059,209,944
People per km²8,4176,202
Museums within 10 km0108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46

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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.