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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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. Charleston 72, Prague 10: Charleston leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Prague 50: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Prague 83: Prague leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Prague 65: Prague leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Prague 58: Prague leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Prague 77: Prague leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Prague 50: Charleston leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Prague 83: Prague leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Prague 50: Charleston leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Prague 62: Prague leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Prague 76: Prague leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Prague.

Your match

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

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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CharlestonPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonPrague
Official language-Czech
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m235 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonPrague
City population150,2271,397,880
People per km²5322,817
Museums within 10 km1988
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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.