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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Prague or Seoul?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Seoul for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Seoul leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Seoul 75: Prague leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Prague and Seoul are level on 77.
Good for families. Prague 50, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Seoul 50: Prague leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Seoul 63: Prague leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Seoul.

Your match

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

Prague
59match

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

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and wellness 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSeoul
Official languageCzechKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Won (KRW)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation235 m38 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSeoul
City population1,397,8809,668,465
People per km²2,81715,973
Museums within 10 km8881
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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.