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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Medellin 5, Prague 10: Prague leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Prague 50: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Prague 83: Prague leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Prague 65: Medellin leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Prague 58: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Prague 77: Prague leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Medellin and Prague are level on 50.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Prague 83: Prague leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Prague 50: Prague leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, Prague 62: Medellin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Prague 76: Prague leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Prague 40: Prague leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Prague.

Your match

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

Medellin
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 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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MedellinPrague

Where the figures come from

Medellin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinPrague
Official languageSpanishCzech
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation1,405 m235 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinPrague
City population2,529,4031,397,880
People per km²6,6442,817
Museums within 10 km1488
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). 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. 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.