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Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Prague or Wilmington?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Prague 50, Wilmington 48: Prague leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Prague 83, Wilmington 40: Prague leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Prague 65, Wilmington 40: Prague leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Prague and Wilmington are level on 58.
Day trips. Prague 77, Wilmington 45: Prague leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Prague 50, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Prague 83, Wilmington 28: Prague leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Prague 50, Wilmington 33: Prague leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Prague 62, Wilmington 42: Prague leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Prague 76, Wilmington 40: Prague leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Prague 40, Wilmington 33: Prague leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Prague and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PragueWilmington

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePragueWilmington
Official languageCzech-
CurrencyCzech Koruna (CZK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation235 m9 m
Main airportVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePragueWilmington
City population1,397,880115,451
People per km²2,817839
Museums within 10 km882
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.