Prague weather

The best months to visit Prague are May, June, July, August. Late April-early May burcak sweet young wine appears at riverside stands and Petrin cherry orchard blooms before summer stag-party crowds swamp Old Town Square.

July runs the highest averages in Prague, with typical daytime highs of 26°C (79°F). July 30C hits; locals swim at Zlute Lazne river pool, drink svickova in AC restaurants, and take Vltava paddleboats after 6pm shade.

January brings the lowest averages, with daytime highs near 4°C (39°F). January -5C with regular snow; Christmas markets end January 6 but medovina honey wine continues, Prague Castle empty, and Petrin hill sledding free.

August typically records the highest monthly rainfall — around 81mm on average. May-June flooding remains folk memory since 2002; the Vltava rises fast and Kampa Island evacuates predictably in 100-year events.

Prague, Czech Republic has warm summers, cold winters. Prague splits by river: Old Town and Wenceslas Square are tourist theater, Vinohrady is expat and gay-friendly with the best pubs, Zizkov is working-class with the highest pub-per-capita in Europe. Order Pilsner Urquell tapped from a tanked keg at Lokal for the real thing; the tourist Old Town beers are three times the price. Trdelnik chimney cake is a Hungarian tourist invention, not Czech. Trams are the actual transport, and the metro Line A green is the museum route. You can read the detailed month-by-month breakdown on this page.