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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Florence 14, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Vilnius 50: Florence leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Vilnius 66: Florence leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Vilnius 52: Florence leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Vilnius 60: Florence leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Vilnius 44: Florence leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Vilnius 68: Florence leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Vilnius 38: Florence leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Vilnius 54: Florence leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Vilnius 34: Florence leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 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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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceVilnius
Official languageItalianLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m98 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceVilnius
City population360,930619,405
People per km²3,5281,545
Museums within 10 km14131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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). 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.