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The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Johannesburg by K, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Johannesburg 5, Prague 10: Prague leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Johannesburg 58, Prague 50: Johannesburg leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Johannesburg 56, Prague 83: Prague leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Johannesburg 62, Prague 65: Prague leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Johannesburg 55, Prague 58: Prague leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Johannesburg 52, Prague 77: Prague leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Johannesburg 42, Prague 50: Prague leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Johannesburg 18, Prague 83: Prague leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Johannesburg 58, Prague 50: Johannesburg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Johannesburg 72, Prague 62: Johannesburg leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Johannesburg 55, Prague 76: Prague leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Johannesburg 28, Prague 40: Prague leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Johannesburg and Prague.

Your match

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

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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.

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JohannesburgPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJohannesburgPrague
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageCzech
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1,753 m235 m
Main airportO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJohannesburgPrague
City population4,803,2621,397,880
People per km²2,9222,817
Museums within 10 km1488
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.