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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Vilnius 17: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Vilnius 50: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Vilnius 66: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Vilnius 46: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Vilnius 52: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Vilnius 60: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Vilnius 44: Bordeaux leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Vilnius 68: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Vilnius 38: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Vilnius 54: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Vilnius 34: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxVilnius
Official languageFrenchLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m98 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxVilnius
City population267,991619,405
People per km²5,4251,545
Museums within 10 km1831
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.