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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide 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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Adelaide 68, Prague 10: Adelaide leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Prague 50: Adelaide leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Prague 83: Prague leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Prague 65: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Prague 58: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Prague 77: Prague leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Prague 50: Adelaide leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Prague 83: Prague leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Prague 50: Prague leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Prague 62: Prague leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Prague 76: Prague leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Prague 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Prague.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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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AdelaidePrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaidePrague
Official languageEnglishCzech
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m235 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaidePrague
City population1,387,2901,397,880
People per km²1,0712,817
Museums within 10 km1388
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.