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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Agra or Palermo?

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 Palermo for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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, Palermo 77: Palermo leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Agra and Palermo are level on 80.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Palermo 72: Palermo leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Palermo 84: Palermo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Palermo 44: Palermo leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Palermo 50: Palermo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Palermo 44: Palermo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Palermo 63: Agra leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Palermo 62: Palermo leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Palermo 30: Palermo leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Palermo.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Palermo
Best match
62match

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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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.

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraPalermo
Official languageHindi, EnglishItalian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m14 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraPalermo
City population1,585,705630,167
People per km²8,4173,924
Museums within 10 km042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.