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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Montpellier 64, Prague 10: Montpellier leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Prague 50: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Prague 83: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Prague 65: Prague leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Prague 58: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Prague 77: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Prague 50: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Prague 83: Prague leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Prague 50: Prague leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Prague 62: Prague leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Prague 76: Prague leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Prague 40: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Prague.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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MontpellierPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierPrague
Official languageFrenchCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m235 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierPrague
City population310,2401,397,880
People per km²5,4522,817
Museums within 10 km1488
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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.