Which is cheaper, Agra or Mathura?

Agra and Mathura cost about the same: roughly $750 per month for one person.

Is Agra or Mathura safer?

Agra and Mathura score the same on safety (55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Agra or Mathura?

Agra: a measured median of 20.3 Mbps versus 18.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Agra vs Mathura

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 46. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Agra

out of 100

Taj Mahal city, under two hours from Delhi by fast train

Full Agra profile →Plan a trip to Agra →

Mathura

out of 100

Krishna's birthplace on the Yamuna, twinned with Vrindavan's temples

Full Mathura profile →Plan a trip to Mathura →

Where they differ

Where they are close. Within five points on internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, getting there & around, climate, air quality, quality of life.

Pick Agra if you want

no clear edge over Mathura in the data

Pick Mathura if you want

no clear edge over Agra in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Agra	Mathura
Cost of living	88	88
Safety	55	55
Healthcare	63	63
Internet	57 ✓	54
Visa ease	32	32
Getting there & around	32	32
Climate	42	42
Air quality	0	0
Quality of life	43	43

Cost

Metric	Agra	Mathura
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$750	$750
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Agra	Mathura
Homicides per 100k	2.72	2.72
Political stability (0–100)	55	55
UHC service coverage (0–100)	69	69
Life expectancy	71 yrs	71 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Agra	Mathura
Download	20.3 Mbps ✓	18.2 Mbps
Upload	5.4 Mbps ✓	4.8 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Agra	Mathura
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, EU passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, UK passport	e-visa required	e-visa required

Getting there and around

Metric	Agra	Mathura
Non-stop airport destinations	152	152
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	2
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Agra	Mathura
Comfortable months per year	5	5
Annual mean PM2.5	85 µg/m³	67.3 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Agra or Mathura?: Agra and Mathura cost about the same: roughly $750 per month for one person.
Is Agra or Mathura safer?: Agra and Mathura score the same on safety (55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Agra or Mathura?: Agra: a measured median of 20.3 Mbps versus 18.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.