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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Prague or Seattle?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Seattle 50: Prague leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Seattle 55: Prague leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Seattle 55: Prague leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Seattle 60: Prague leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Seattle 22: Prague leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Seattle 70: Prague leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague and Seattle are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Seattle.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PragueSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSeattle
City population1,397,880737,015
People per km²2,8171,996
Museums within 10 km8827
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.