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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Prague for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Barcelona 75, Prague 10: Barcelona leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Prague 50: Barcelona leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Prague 83: Barcelona leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Prague 65: Barcelona leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Prague 58: Barcelona leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Prague 77: Barcelona leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Prague 50: Barcelona leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Prague 83: Prague leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Prague 50: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Prague 62: Prague leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Prague 76: Prague leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Prague 40: Prague leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Prague.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
59match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaPrague
Official languageSpanishCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation9 m235 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaPrague
City population1,731,6491,397,880
People per km²17,0942,817
Museums within 10 km9588
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.