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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • shopping
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • 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. Manchester 9, Prague 10: Prague leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Prague 50: Manchester leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Prague 83: Prague leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Prague 65: Manchester leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Prague 58: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Manchester and Prague are level on 77.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Prague 50: Manchester leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Prague 83: Prague leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Prague 50: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Prague 62: Prague leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Prague 76: Prague leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Prague 40: Prague leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Prague.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterPrague
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
Elevation38 m235 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterPrague
City population547,6271,397,880
People per km²4,7372,817
Museums within 10 km2888
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.