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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego
San DiegoThe Botanical Building, Balboa Park

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

Prague or San Diego?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Diego for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Diego’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, San Diego 72: San Diego leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, San Diego 62: San Diego leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, San Diego 50: Prague leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, San Diego 48: Prague leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, San Diego 77: San Diego leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, San Diego 60: Prague leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, San Diego 96: San Diego leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, San Diego 38: Prague leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, San Diego 44: Prague leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, San Diego 26: Prague leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, San Diego 56: Prague leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, San Diego 45: San Diego leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and San Diego.

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 prices with your weighting.

San Diego
56match

Wins on beaches and families 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

San Diego in July

24 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PragueSan Diego

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). San Diego: 1991-2020 normals, San Diego International Airport (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSan Diego
Official languageCzech-
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation235 m129 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsSan Diego International Airport (SAN)3 km from centre87 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSan Diego
City population1,397,8801,386,932
People per km²2,8171,438
Museums within 10 km8826
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.