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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Agra or Washington DC?

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

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Washington DC leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Washington DC 28: Agra leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra 10, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Washington DC 26: Washington DC leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraWashington DC
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m72 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraWashington DC
City population1,585,705689,545
People per km²8,4173,896
Museums within 10 km098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.