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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Prague for

  • day trips
  • 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. Cartagena 70, Prague 10: Cartagena leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Prague 50: Cartagena leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Prague 83: Prague leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Prague 65: Cartagena leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Prague 58: Prague leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Prague 77: Prague leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Prague 50: Prague leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Prague 83: Prague leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Prague 50: Prague leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Prague 62: Prague leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Prague 76: Prague leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Prague.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 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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CartagenaPrague

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

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaPrague
Official languageSpanishCzech
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m235 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaPrague
City population914,5521,397,880
People per km²1,5992,817
Museums within 10 km288
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.