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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Prague or Venice?

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
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Venice for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Venice 60: Venice leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Venice 94: Venice leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Venice 27: Prague leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Venice 45: Prague leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Venice 86: Venice leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Venice 45: Prague leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Venice 68: Prague leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Venice 57: Venice leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Venice 20: Prague leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Venice 62: Prague leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague and Venice are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Venice.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Venice
55match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 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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Where the figures come from

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueVenice
Official languageCzechItalian
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation235 m2 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueVenice
City population1,397,880250,369
People per km²2,817602
Museums within 10 km8852
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.