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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Agra or Valparaiso?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Valparaiso 62: Agra leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Valparaiso 63: Agra leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Valparaiso 33: Valparaiso leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Valparaiso 30: Agra leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Valparaiso 60: Agra leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Valparaiso 18: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Valparaiso.

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.

Valparaiso
Best match
46match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraValparaiso
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation171 m21 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraValparaiso
City population1,585,705296,655
People per km²8,4176,180
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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. 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.