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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Prague or Wellington?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Wellington 44: Prague leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Wellington 45: Prague leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague 58, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Prague 77, Wellington 40: Prague leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Wellington 68: Prague leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Wellington 42: Prague leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Wellington 33: Prague leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Wellington 56: Prague leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Wellington 30: Prague leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Wellington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueWellington
Official languageCzechEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation235 m0 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueWellington
City population1,397,880216,200
People per km²2,817487
Museums within 10 km8812
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.