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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Prague for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. London 25, Prague 10: London leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Prague 50: London leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Prague 83: London leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Prague 65: London leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Prague 58: Prague leads by 1 points.
Day trips. London 90, Prague 77: London leads by 13 points.
Good for families. London 82, Prague 50: London leads by 32 points.
Getting around. London 85, Prague 83: London leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Prague 50: London leads by 45 points.
Affordability. London 15, Prague 62: Prague leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Prague 76: London leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Prague.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
59match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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LondonPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonPrague
Official languageEnglishCzech
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m235 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonPrague
City population8,799,7281,397,880
People per km²5,5982,817
Museums within 10 km21688
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.