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A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montego Bay 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 Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Montego Bay 84, Prague 10: Montego Bay leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay and Prague are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Prague 83: Prague leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Prague 65: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Prague 58: Montego Bay leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Prague 77: Prague leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Prague 50: Prague leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Prague 83: Prague leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Prague 50: Prague leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Prague 62: Prague leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Prague 76: Prague leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Prague 40: Montego Bay leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Prague.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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.

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Montego BayPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayPrague
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisCzech
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation19 m235 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayPrague
City population123,9941,397,880
People per km²-2,817
Museums within 10 km088
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.