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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Prague or Salvador?

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
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Salvador 74: Prague leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Salvador 52: Prague leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Salvador 56: Prague leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Salvador 42: Prague leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Salvador 42: Prague leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Salvador 42: Prague leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Salvador 63: Prague leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Salvador 32: Prague leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Salvador.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Prague
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Salvador
58match

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSalvador
Official languageCzechPortuguese
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation235 m8 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSalvador
City population1,397,8802,417,678
People per km²2,8173,489
Museums within 10 km8849
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.