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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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. Izmir 62, Vilnius 17: Izmir leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Vilnius 50: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Vilnius 46: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Vilnius 52: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Vilnius 60: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Vilnius 44: Izmir leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Vilnius 38: Izmir leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Vilnius 64: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Vilnius 34: Izmir leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirVilnius
Official languageTurkishLithuanian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m98 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirVilnius
City population4,493,242619,405
People per km²4,7601,545
Museums within 10 km2931
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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