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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Prague?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Prague for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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. Acapulco 80, Prague 10: Acapulco leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Prague 50: Acapulco leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Prague 83: Prague leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Prague 65: Prague leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Prague 58: Prague leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Prague 77: Prague leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Prague 50: Prague leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Prague 83: Prague leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Prague 50: Prague leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Prague 62: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Prague 76: Prague leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Prague 40: Prague leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Prague.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoPrague
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCzech
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m235 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoPrague
City population658,6091,397,880
People per km²3502,817
Museums within 10 km388
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.