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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Chengdu 5, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Vilnius 50: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Vilnius 46: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Vilnius 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Vilnius 60: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Vilnius 44: Chengdu leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Vilnius 68: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Vilnius 38: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Vilnius 64: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Vilnius 34: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduVilnius
Official languagePutonghuaLithuanian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m98 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduVilnius
City population20,937,757619,405
People per km²1,4561,545
Museums within 10 km1031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.