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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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. Budapest 25, Vilnius 17: Budapest leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Vilnius 50: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Vilnius 66: Budapest leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Vilnius 46: Budapest leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Vilnius 52: Budapest leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Vilnius 60: Budapest leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Vilnius 44: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Vilnius 68: Budapest leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Vilnius 38: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Vilnius 54: Budapest leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Vilnius 34: Budapest leads by 64 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestVilnius
Official languageHungarianLithuanian
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m98 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestVilnius
City population1,675,777619,405
People per km²3,1911,545
Museums within 10 km8131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

Where else could you go?

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.