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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Prague for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Malaga 77, Prague 10: Malaga leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Prague 50: Malaga leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Prague 83: Prague leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Prague 65: Prague leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Prague 58: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Prague 77: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Prague 50: Malaga leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Prague 83: Prague leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Prague 50: Malaga leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Prague 62: Prague leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Prague 76: Prague leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Prague 40: Malaga leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Prague.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Prague
59match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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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MalagaPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaPrague
Official languageSpanishCzech
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
Elevation18 m235 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaPrague
City population599,0631,397,880
People per km²1,5172,817
Museums within 10 km3288
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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.