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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Prague or San Juan?

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
  • prices

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

Choose San Juan for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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 Juan 84: San Juan leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, San Juan 64: Prague leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, San Juan 52: Prague leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, San Juan 58: San Juan leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, San Juan 38: Prague leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Prague and San Juan are level on 50.
Affordability. Prague 62, San Juan 38: Prague leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, San Juan 55: Prague leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague and San Juan are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and San Juan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Prague
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

San Juan
57match

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PragueSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSan Juan
Official languageCzechSpanish, English
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation235 m3 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSan Juan
City population1,397,880342,259
People per km²2,8172,847
Museums within 10 km8818
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.