Prague
Capital of Czechia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Petřín Tower View IMG 3020: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Prague is the capital of Czechia. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Czechia in our atlas.
It lies at 50.09° N, 14.42° E, about 202 m (663 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Prague time zone.
Location
Red dot: Prague. Green dots: other major cities of Czechia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Prague has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (22°F). Around 638 mm (25 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in CzechiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ústí nad Labem · 69 km
- Pilsen · 83 km
- Liberec · 88 km
- Hradec Králové · 101 km
- České Budějovice · 124 km
- Brno · 185 km
- Olomouc · 209 km
- Ostrava · 276 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3067696 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1085 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Petřín Tower View IMG 3020: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Castillo de Praga, Praga, República Checa, 2022-07-02, DD 209: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Václavské náměstí z kupole Muzea 3: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Národní muzeum schodiště 8: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Prague old town square panorama: Estec GmbH, Billig Hotel in Prag, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Libeň O2 aréna a busy: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Petrin Praha: Ludek, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
