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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Barcelona or Vilnius?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Barcelona’s own page.

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Barcelona 75, Vilnius 17: Barcelona leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Vilnius 50: Barcelona leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Vilnius 66: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Vilnius 46: Barcelona leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Vilnius 52: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Vilnius 60: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Vilnius 44: Barcelona leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Vilnius 68: Barcelona leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Vilnius 38: Barcelona leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Vilnius 54: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Vilnius 34: Barcelona leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Vilnius.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation9 m98 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaVilnius
City population1,731,649619,405
People per km²17,0941,545
Museums within 10 km9531
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.