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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Ottawa?

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 Ottawa for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Ottawa 45: Ottawa leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Ottawa 62: Agra leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Ottawa 55: Agra leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Ottawa 40: Agra leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Ottawa.

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.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on families 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
14 hdaylight a day

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
15 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). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraOttawa
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m70 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraOttawa
City population1,585,7051,017,449
People per km²8,417366
Museums within 10 km020
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

Where else could you go?

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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.