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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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. Lisbon 50, Prague 10: Lisbon leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Prague 50: Lisbon leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Prague 83: Prague leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Prague 65: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Prague 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Prague 77: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Prague 50: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Prague 83: Prague leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Prague 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Prague 62: Prague leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Prague 76: Prague leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Prague 40: Prague leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Prague.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
59match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonPrague
Official languagePortugueseCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m235 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonPrague
City population545,7961,397,880
People per km²5,4532,817
Museums within 10 km8088
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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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.