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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Prague or Victoria?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Prague and Victoria are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Victoria 42: Prague leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Victoria 30: Prague leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Victoria 54: Prague leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Victoria 60: Prague leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Victoria 40: Prague leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Victoria 34: Prague leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Victoria 40: Prague leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Victoria.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

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

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasurePragueVictoria
Official languageCzechFrench, English
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation235 m23 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueVictoria
City population1,397,88091,867
People per km²2,8174,711
Museums within 10 km886
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.