Prague from Chicago
7,298 km, about 9h 49m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Prague and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.
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Public holidays at Chicago move this destination's year too little to make it a different answer, so the Prague page is the one of record. This one is kept for the distance and the flight it implies.
No fare history on ORD–PRG yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only. The price column fills in as the scanner collects.
Month by month from Chicago
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Crowds | Verdict | Why |
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| Jan | 3° | 7d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 3C daily max |
| Feb | 6° | 6d | 100 | avoid | bitter cold: 6C daily max |
| Mar | 10° | 5d | 100 | good | 10C max, 5 rainy days |
| Apr | 15° | 5d | 85 | sweet spot | 15C max, 5 rainy days |
| May | 20° | 9d | 85 | sweet spot | 20C max, 9 rainy days |
| Jun | 25° | 9d | 65 | sweet spot busy | peak: This is summer when the weather is warmest, attracting the most… |
| Jul | 26° | 9d | 45 | goodbusy | peak: This is summer when the weather is warmest, attracting the most… |
| Aug | 26° | 10d | 65 | goodbusy | peak: This is summer when the weather is warmest, attracting the most… |
| Sep | 20° | 6d | 85 | sweet spot | 20C max, 6 rainy days |
| Oct | 15° | 8d | 65 | okbusy | shoulder season |
| Nov | 8° | 6d | 80 | ok | 8C max, 6 rainy days |
| Dec | 5° | 7d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in US as well as at Prague, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
The year in Prague
Prague experiences a continental climate, and the data shows a distinct peak season in the summer months with mild shoulder seasons in spring and early autumn. Be aware that spring can have occasional rain.
| Busiest |
early Jun to late Aug — This is summer when the weather is warmest, attracting the most tourists.
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| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to late May — Spring offers moderate temperatures and blooming scenery, with fewer crowds than summer.
early Sep to mid Oct — Early autumn still has pleasant weather and fewer tourists compared to the peak summer season.
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This section was written by a language model from the climate figures above, and nobody has checked it. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe. The busiest and quieter periods here also count toward the crowd score, which is 20% of the ranking.
The rest of the trip
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