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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Vilnius for

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

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. Chiang Mai 6, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Vilnius 50: Chiang Mai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Vilnius 52: Chiang Mai leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Vilnius 44: Chiang Mai leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Vilnius 38: Chiang Mai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Vilnius 64: Chiang Mai leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Vilnius 34: Chiang Mai leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiVilnius
Official languageThaiLithuanian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m98 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiVilnius
City population1,198,000619,405
People per km²2,9581,545
Museums within 10 km631
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.