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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Prague for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Oaxaca 5, Prague 10: Prague leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Prague 50: Oaxaca leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Prague 83: Prague leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Prague 65: Prague leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Prague 58: Oaxaca leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Prague 77: Prague leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Prague 50: Prague leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Prague 83: Prague leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Prague 50: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Prague 62: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Prague 76: Prague leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Prague 40: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Prague.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 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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OaxacaPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaPrague
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCzech
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,555 m235 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaPrague
City population258,9131,397,880
People per km²3,0282,817
Museums within 10 km1088
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.