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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The adobe New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
Santa FeThe adobe New Mexico Museum of Art

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Santa Fe by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Santa Fe?

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 Santa Fe for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Fe’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, Santa Fe 5: Santa Fe leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Santa Fe 62: Santa Fe leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Santa Fe 66: Agra leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Santa Fe 22: Santa Fe leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Santa Fe 80: Santa Fe leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Agra and Santa Fe are level on 70.
Good for families. Agra 20, Santa Fe 45: Santa Fe leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Santa Fe 40: Santa Fe leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Santa Fe 62: Santa Fe leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Santa Fe 30: Agra leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Santa Fe 55: Santa Fe leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Santa Fe 55: Santa Fe leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Santa Fe.

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.

Santa Fe
Best match
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Santa Fe in July

31 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
14 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.

Santa Fe's station stands 199 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Santa Fe 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). Santa Fe: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Fe / Cieneguilla (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraSanta Fe
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m2,134 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSanta Fe Municipal Airport (SAF)12 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraSanta Fe
City population1,585,70587,505
People per km²8,417645
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

Where else could you go?

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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.