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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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. Miami 90, Prague 10: Miami leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Prague 50: Miami leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Prague 83: Prague leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Prague 65: Miami leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Prague 58: Miami leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Prague 77: Prague leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Prague 50: Miami leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Prague 83: Prague leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Prague 50: Miami leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Prague 62: Prague leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Prague 76: Prague leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Prague 40: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Prague.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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MiamiPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiPrague
Official language-Czech
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m235 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiPrague
City population442,2411,397,880
People per km²3,0462,817
Museums within 10 km1788
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.