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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Prague or Samarkand?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Prague leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Samarkand 14: Prague leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Samarkand 40: Prague leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Samarkand 72: Prague leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Samarkand 30: Prague leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Samarkand 58: Prague leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Samarkand 42: Prague leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Samarkand 24: Prague leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices 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
16 hdaylight a day

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSamarkand
Official languageCzechUzbek
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation235 m702 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSamarkand
City population1,397,880546,303
People per km²2,8175,058
Museums within 10 km8811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.