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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • 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. Las Vegas and Prague are level on 10.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Prague 50: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Prague 83: Prague leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Prague 65: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Prague 58: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Prague 77: Prague leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Prague 50: Prague leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Prague 83: Prague leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Prague 50: Las Vegas leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Prague 62: Prague leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Prague 76: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Prague.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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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Las VegasPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasPrague
Official language-Czech
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation610 m235 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasPrague
City population641,9031,397,880
People per km²1,8432,817
Museums within 10 km2188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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.