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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Dubrovnik 74, Prague 10: Dubrovnik leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Prague 50: Prague leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Prague 83: Prague leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Prague 65: Prague leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Prague 58: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Prague 77: Prague leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik and Prague are level on 50.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Prague 83: Prague leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Prague 50: Prague leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Prague 62: Prague leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Prague 76: Prague leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Prague 40: Prague leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Prague.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikPrague
Official languageCroatianCzech
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
Elevation10 m235 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikPrague
City population41,5621,397,880
People per km²-2,817
Museums within 10 km788
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.