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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Prague or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Prague leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Prague leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 58.
Day trips. Prague 77, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Prague leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Prague leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Prague leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Prague leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Prague leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and St. Petersburg, Florida.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PragueSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageCzech-
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation235 m134 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population1,397,880258,308
People per km²2,817725
Museums within 10 km8813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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.