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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Telluride?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Telluride leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Telluride 38: Agra leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Telluride 20: Agra leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Telluride 20: Telluride leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Telluride 30: Agra leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Telluride 25: Agra leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Telluride 7: Agra leads by 83 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Telluride 35: Telluride leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Telluride.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Agra
36match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraTelluride
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 m2,667 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraTelluride
City population1,585,7052,607
People per km²8,4171,372
Museums within 10 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.