Munich vs Prague
Which would you pick?
The short answer
Prague is the cheaper trip, by roughly 26% a day — $110–180 against $150–240 mid-range per person. Both are at their best in May–Jun, Sep, so one trip can take in both.
Side by side
Mid-range, per person, in US dollars. Both guides were costed the same way — see how we work these out.
| 🇩🇪 Munich | 🇨🇿 Prague | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily budgetmid-range, per person | $150–240 | $110–180cheaper |
| Cheap meallocal staple | $10–16 | $7–10cheaper |
| Mid-range hotelper night | $150–250 | $120–215cheaper |
| Transit ridesingle trip | $4.80 | $1.70cheaper |
| Avg. monthly salarylocal, for context | ≈ $3,300 | ≈ $1,950 |
When to go
Filled months are the ones each guide recommends; hollow ones it warns off.
What you'd actually do
A few of each guide's picks, one per category before seconds — the full lists are on the guides themselves.
🇩🇪 Munich
Germany's richest big city and its most Bavarian — beer gardens under chestnut trees, a gold-and-baroque old town, the Alps on the horizon on a clear day, and the most expensive hotel rooms in the country.
- Augustiner-Keller$Beer halls & beer gardens
- Marienplatz and the Glockenspiel$Sights & museums
- English Garden$Outdoors & markets
- Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial$Day trips
- Chinese Tower beer garden$Beer halls & beer gardens
🇨🇿 Prague
A thousand years of architecture that nobody got around to bombing, a castle district on one bank and a Gothic Old Town on the other, and the best cheap beer in Europe. The center is crowded by ten; the city is wonderful before and after.
- Prague Castle$$Sights
- Lokál$Food & drink
- National Theatre$$Music & theater
- Charles Bridge$Sights
- U Zlatého tygra$Food & drink
Practicalities
| Munich | Prague | |
|---|---|---|
| Language | German, with a heavy Bavarian accent. English is widely spoken in hotels, museums and beer halls. | Czech; English is standard anywhere tourists go, less so in neighborhood pubs |
| Currency | Euro (€). US$1 ≈ €0.88 | Czech koruna (CZK, written Kč). US$1 ≈ CZK 21. Czechia is in the EU but does not use the euro |
| Power | Type C/F plugs, 230V — the standard continental two-pin | Type E plugs (Type C fits), 230V |
| Tap water | Excellent — it's piped from the Alpine foothills. Restaurants charge for water, so drink it at the hotel | Safe to drink everywhere; restaurants will still sell you bottled unless you ask for tap |
| Emergency | 112 fire & ambulance · 110 police · 116117 out-of-hours doctor | 112 general · 155 ambulance · 158 police · 150 fire |
The same in both:
- Time zone
- CET (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer)