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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Bilbao 45, Prague 10: Bilbao leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Prague 50: Bilbao leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Prague 83: Prague leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Prague 65: Prague leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Prague 58: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Prague 77: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Prague 50: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Prague 83: Prague leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Prague 50: Prague leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Prague 62: Prague leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Prague 76: Prague leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Prague 40: Prague leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Prague.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bilbao
59match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
59match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoPrague
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
Elevation19 m235 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoPrague
City population351,1241,397,880
People per km²8,4402,817
Museums within 10 km1788
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.