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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, Vilnius 17: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Vilnius 50: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Vilnius 66: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Vilnius 46: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Vilnius 60: Berlin leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Vilnius 44: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Vilnius 68: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Vilnius 38: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Vilnius 54: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Vilnius 34: Berlin leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinVilnius
Official languageGermanLithuanian
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
Elevation34 m98 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinVilnius
City population3,700,577619,405
People per km²4,1531,545
Museums within 10 km15731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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. 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.