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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • 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. Charleston 72, Vilnius 17: Charleston leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Vilnius 50: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Vilnius 52: Charleston leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Vilnius 60: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Vilnius 44: Charleston leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Vilnius 38: Charleston leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Vilnius 34: Charleston leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Charleston
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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CharlestonVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonVilnius
Official language-Lithuanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m98 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonVilnius
City population150,227619,405
People per km²5321,545
Museums within 10 km1931
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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. 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.

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.