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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Agra or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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 San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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, San Jose, Costa Rica 12: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Agra and San Jose, Costa Rica are level on 42.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Agra leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Agra leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Agra leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: Agra leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and San Jose, Costa Rica.

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.

San Jose, Costa Rica
Best match
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgraSan Jose, Costa Rica

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.

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m1,161 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population1,585,705335,007
People per km²8,4177,511
Museums within 10 km09
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.