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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Cartagena 70, Vilnius 17: Cartagena leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Vilnius 50: Cartagena leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Vilnius 66: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Vilnius 46: Cartagena leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Vilnius 38: Cartagena leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Vilnius 34: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Cartagena
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m98 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaVilnius
City population914,552619,405
People per km²1,5991,545
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.