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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Prague or Quito?

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 Prague for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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. Prague 10, Quito 5: Prague leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Quito 54: Quito leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Quito 77: Prague leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Quito 40: Prague leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Quito 86: Quito leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Quito 55: Prague leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Quito 32: Prague leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Quito 45: Prague leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Quito 40: Prague leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Quito 78: Quito leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Quito 38: Prague leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Quito 44: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Quito.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

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

Quito
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueQuito
Official languageCzechSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation235 m2,850 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueQuito
City population1,397,8801,763,275
People per km²2,8174,735
Museums within 10 km8816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.