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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Brisbane 55, Prague 10: Brisbane leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Prague 50: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Prague 83: Prague leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Prague 65: Prague leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Prague 58: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Prague 77: Prague leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Prague 50: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Prague 83: Prague leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Prague 50: Prague leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Prague 62: Prague leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Prague 76: Prague leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Prague.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbanePrague
Official languageEnglishCzech
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m235 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbanePrague
City population2,706,9661,397,880
People per km²1712,817
Museums within 10 km1688
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.