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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Agra or Negril?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’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, Negril 93: Negril leads by 90 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Negril 36: Agra leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Negril 8: Agra leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Negril 40: Negril leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Negril 60: Negril leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Negril 35: Agra leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Negril 45: Negril leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Negril 30: Negril leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Negril 15: Agra leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Negril 44: Agra leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Negril 33: Negril leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Negril 52: Negril leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Negril.

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.

Negril
Best match
41match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °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.

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril 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). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraNegril
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation171 m10 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraNegril
City population1,585,7054,500
People per km²8,417-
Museums within 10 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.