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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Agra or Rotterdam?

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

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Rotterdam leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Rotterdam 58: Agra leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Rotterdam 44: Rotterdam leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Rotterdam 38: Agra leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Rotterdam 42: Rotterdam leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Rotterdam.

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.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraRotterdam
Official languageHindi, EnglishDutch
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation171 m10 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraRotterdam
City population1,585,705664,311
People per km²8,4172,080
Museums within 10 km040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.