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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Agra or Oaxaca?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Oaxaca 74: Agra leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Oaxaca 65: Agra leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Oaxaca 77: Agra leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink 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
14 hdaylight a day

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraOaxaca
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 m1,555 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraOaxaca
City population1,585,705258,913
People per km²8,4173,028
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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.