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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agra or Rome?

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 Rome for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Rome 82: Rome leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Rome 99: Rome leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Rome 58: Rome leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Rome 58: Rome leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Rome 92: Rome leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Rome 50: Rome leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Rome 60: Rome leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Rome 72: Rome leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Rome 38: Agra leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Rome 68: Rome leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Rome 40: Rome leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Rome.

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.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraRome
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 m21 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraRome
City population1,585,7052,748,109
People per km²8,4172,135
Museums within 10 km0178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km47
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.