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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Prague or Tirana?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Tirana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Tirana 42: Prague leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Tirana 58: Prague leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Tirana 64: Prague leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Tirana 40: Prague leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Tirana 54: Prague leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Tirana 32: Prague leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Tirana 32: Prague leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Tirana 27: Prague leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Tirana.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueTirana
Official languageCzechAlbanian
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation235 m110 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueTirana
City population1,397,880389,323
People per km²2,8179,314
Museums within 10 km8811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.