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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chicago 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 Chicago for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Chicago 50, Vilnius 17: Chicago leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Vilnius 50: Chicago leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Vilnius 66: Chicago leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Vilnius 46: Chicago leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Vilnius 44: Chicago leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Vilnius 68: Chicago leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Vilnius 38: Chicago leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Vilnius 54: Chicago leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 33, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chicago and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChicagoVilnius
Official language-Lithuanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation179 m98 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoVilnius
City population2,746,388619,405
People per km²4,5291,545
Museums within 10 km4431
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.