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The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices

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. Edinburgh 22, Vilnius 17: Edinburgh leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Edinburgh 53, Vilnius 50: Edinburgh leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Edinburgh 75, Vilnius 66: Edinburgh leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Edinburgh 50, Vilnius 46: Edinburgh leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Edinburgh 75, Vilnius 52: Edinburgh leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Edinburgh 75, Vilnius 60: Edinburgh leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Edinburgh 62, Vilnius 44: Edinburgh leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Edinburgh 74, Vilnius 68: Edinburgh leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Edinburgh 50, Vilnius 38: Edinburgh leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Edinburgh 30, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Edinburgh 72, Vilnius 54: Edinburgh leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Edinburgh and Vilnius are level on 34.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Edinburgh and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Edinburgh
Best match
56match

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

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 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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Where the figures come from

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEdinburghVilnius
Official languageEnglishLithuanian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation47 m98 m
Main airportEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureEdinburghVilnius
City population488,050619,405
People per km²1,8841,545
Museums within 10 km3231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.