Best time to visit Prague
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
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| Jan | 3° | 7d | 82% | 3.9h | avoid | bitter cold: 3C daily max |
| Feb | 6° | 6d | 78% | 5.6h | avoid | bitter cold: 6C daily max |
| Mar | 10° | 5d | 71% | 7.7h | good | 10C max, 5 rainy days |
| Apr | 15° | 5d | 62% | 9.6h | sweet spot | 15C max, 5 rainy days |
| May | 20° | 9d | 62% | 10.7h | sweet spot | 20C max, 9 rainy days |
| Jun | 25° | 9d | 62% | 12.4h | sweet spot busy | peak: This is summer when the weather is warmest, attracting the most… |
| Jul | 26° | 9d | 60% | 12.3h | goodbusy | peak: This is summer when the weather is warmest, attracting the most… |
| Aug | 26° | 10d | 64% | 10.9h | goodbusy | peak: This is summer when the weather is warmest, attracting the most… |
| Sep | 20° | 6d | 72% | 8.8h | sweet spot | 20C max, 6 rainy days |
| Oct | 15° | 8d | 79% | 6.6h | ok | 15C max, 8 rainy days |
| Nov | 8° | 6d | 86% | 4.1h | ok | 8C max, 6 rainy days |
| Dec | 5° | 7d | 85% | 3.7h | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
Getting there
How far Prague is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Munich
- from Vienna
- from Frankfurt
- from Zurich
- from Warsaw
- from Copenhagen
- from Brussels
- from Amsterdam
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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