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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Prague or Stockholm?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Stockholm 77: Prague leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Stockholm 57: Prague leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Stockholm 68: Prague leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Stockholm 30: Prague leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Stockholm 65: Prague leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Prague
59match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Stockholm has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueStockholm
Official languageCzechSwedish
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation235 m22 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueStockholm
City population1,397,880984,748
People per km²2,8175,260
Museums within 10 km88266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.