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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Plovdiv?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Plovdiv for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Plovdiv’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, Plovdiv 7: Plovdiv leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Plovdiv 50: Plovdiv leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Plovdiv 66: Agra leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Plovdiv 42: Plovdiv leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Plovdiv 68: Plovdiv leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Agra and Plovdiv are level on 70.
Good for families. Agra 20, Plovdiv 40: Plovdiv leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Plovdiv 65: Plovdiv leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Plovdiv 33: Agra leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Plovdiv 78: Agra leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Plovdiv 42: Plovdiv leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Plovdiv 44: Plovdiv leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Plovdiv.

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.

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
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.

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraPlovdiv
Official languageHindi, EnglishBulgarian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m172 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraPlovdiv
City population1,585,705333,994
People per km²8,4173,274
Museums within 10 km018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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. 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.