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The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Daytona Beach 80, Prague 10: Daytona Beach leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Prague 50: Prague leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Prague 83: Prague leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Prague 65: Prague leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Prague 58: Prague leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Prague 77: Prague leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Prague 50: Daytona Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Prague 83: Prague leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Prague 50: Prague leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Prague 62: Prague leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Prague 76: Prague leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Prague 40: Prague leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Prague.

Your match

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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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.

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 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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Daytona BeachPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachPrague
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
Elevation4 m235 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachPrague
City population72,6471,397,880
People per km²4402,817
Museums within 10 km688
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.