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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Prague or San Jose?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose San Jose for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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 Jose 30: San Jose leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, San Jose 56: San Jose leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, San Jose 36: Prague leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, San Jose 33: Prague leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, San Jose 72: San Jose leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, San Jose 30: Prague leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, San Jose 48: Prague leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, San Jose 20: Prague leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, San Jose 38: Prague leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, San Jose 30: Prague leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and San Jose.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

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 Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PragueSan Jose

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSan Jose
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 m25 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSan Jose
City population1,397,8801,013,240
People per km²2,8172,167
Museums within 10 km8819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.