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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Prague or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Tokyo 48: Prague leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Prague
59match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PragueTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueTokyo
Official languageCzechJapanese
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation235 m6 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueTokyo
City population1,397,88014,264,798
People per km²2,8176,501
Museums within 10 km88192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.