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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Prague or Rome?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rome for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Rome 82: Rome leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Rome 99: Rome leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Rome 58: Prague leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague and Rome are level on 58.
Day trips. Prague 77, Rome 92: Rome leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Prague and Rome are level on 50.
Getting around. Prague 83, Rome 60: Prague leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Rome 72: Rome leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Rome 38: Prague leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Rome 68: Prague leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague and Rome are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Rome.

Your match

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

Prague
59match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueRome
Official languageCzechItalian
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation235 m21 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueRome
City population1,397,8802,748,109
People per km²2,8172,135
Museums within 10 km88178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.