VacationSelector
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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. Dubrovnik 74, Vilnius 17: Dubrovnik leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Vilnius 66: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Vilnius 52: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Vilnius 60: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Vilnius 44: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

-10°0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200JFMAMJJASOND
DubrovnikVilnius

Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikVilnius
Official languageCroatianLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m98 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikVilnius
City population41,562619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Dubrovnik or Vilnius somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.