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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Palms on a white beach at Cap Cana, Punta Cana
Punta CanaPalms on a white beach at Cap Cana

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Punta Cana by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC0.

Agra or Punta Cana?

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 Punta Cana for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta Cana’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, Punta Cana 94: Punta Cana leads by 91 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Punta Cana 30: Agra leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Punta Cana 8: Agra leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Punta Cana 40: Punta Cana leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Punta Cana 52: Punta Cana leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Punta Cana 35: Agra leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Punta Cana 68: Punta Cana leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Punta Cana 15: Agra leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Punta Cana 30: Agra leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Punta Cana 44: Agra leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Punta Cana 15: Punta Cana leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Punta Cana 52: Punta Cana leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Punta Cana.

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.

Punta Cana
Best match
40match

Wins on beaches and families 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Punta Cana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgraPunta Cana

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.

Punta Cana 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). Punta Cana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraPunta Cana
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-4
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m28 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPunta Cana International Airport (PUJ)1 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraPunta Cana
City population1,585,705138,919
People per km²8,417292
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.