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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Prague or Warsaw?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • families
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Warsaw 70: Prague leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Warsaw 47: Prague leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Warsaw 52: Prague leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Warsaw 72: Prague leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Warsaw 63: Prague leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Warsaw 35: Prague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on families 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
16 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueWarsaw
Official languageCzechPolish
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation235 m118 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueWarsaw
City population1,397,8801,862,402
People per km²2,8173,601
Museums within 10 km88117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.