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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Prague or Valencia?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Valencia 68: Prague leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Valencia 70: Prague leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Valencia 76: Prague leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Valencia 57: Prague leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Valencia 55: Prague leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Valencia.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueValencia
Official languageCzechSpanish
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation235 m15 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueValencia
City population1,397,880840,792
People per km²2,8176,242
Museums within 10 km8845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.