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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • food and drink
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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. Osaka 34, Prague 10: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Prague 50: Osaka leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Prague 83: Prague leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Prague 65: Osaka leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka and Prague are level on 58.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Prague 77: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Prague 50: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Prague 83: Osaka leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Prague 50: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Prague 62: Prague leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Prague 76: Prague leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Prague 40: Osaka leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Prague.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on food and drink and families 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.

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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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OsakaPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaPrague
Official languageJapaneseCzech
CurrencyYen (JPY)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m235 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaPrague
City population2,751,8621,397,880
People per km²12,3402,817
Museums within 10 km4488
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.